Glenn Gould discography
The following is a chronological list of the major-label studio recordings made by the Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould. In his lifetime, the vast majority of Gould's albums were published by Columbia Masterworks (later CBS Masterworks). In 1988, Sony purchased CBS Records Group, and Sony Classical Records reissued dozens of albums over at least a decade as the "Glenn Gould Edition", which included previously unreleased material. After the Glenn Gould Edition, Sony has released many other albums of the same recordings in various guises. In 2015, Sony Classical released an 81-CD remastered boxed set, The Complete Columbia Album Collection.
Some live recordings or radio broadcasts have been released by small labels or the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, with very little live performance ever published by Columbia or Sony. (Gould, of course, gave up concert performance early, in 1964.)
Gould also has an extensive bibliography of television and radio performance, documentary, and music discussion.
Columbia Masterworks/CBS Masterworks: 1956–1984
This Columbia Masterworks discography is believed to be complete.
Year of Issue | Title | Recorded | Label, serial number | ||||
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1956 | Bach: The Goldberg Variations | June 10–16, 1955 in CBS 30th Street Studio | Columbia Masterworks, ML 5060 | ||||
1956 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30–32 | June 20–29, 1956 in CBS 30th Street Studio | Columbia Masterworks, ML 5130 | ||||
1957 | Bach: Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 & Beethoven: Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
(with Leonard Bernstein & Columbia Symphony Orchestra) |
April 9–11, 1957 and April 30, 1957 in CBS 30th Street Studio | Columbia Masterworks, ML 5211
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1957 | Bach: Partitas Nos. 5 & 6; Fugues in F-sharp minor and E major
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Columbia Masterworks, ML 5186 | |||||
1958 | Haydn: Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major; Mozart: Sonata No. 10 in C major, K.330; Fantasia and Fugue in C major, K.394 | Columbia Masterworks, ML 5274 | |||||
1958 | Beethoven: Concerto No. 1 in C major; Bach: Concerto No. 5 in F minor
(with Vladimir Golschmann & Columbia Symphony Orchestra) |
Columbia Masterworks, ML 5298, MS 6017 | |||||
1959 | Berg: Sonata for Piano, Op. 1; Schoenberg: Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11; Krenek: Sonata No. 3 for Piano, Op. 92, No. 4
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Columbia Masterworks, ML 5336 | |||||
1960 | Gould: String Quartet No. 1
(performed by Symphonia Quartet) |
Columbia Masterworks, ML 5578, MS 6178 | |||||
1960 | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
(with Leonard Bernstein & Columbia Symphony Orchestra) |
Columbia Masterworks, ML 5418, MS 6096 | |||||
1960 | Bach: Italian Concerto in F major & Partita Nos. 1 & 2
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Columbia Masterworks, ML 5472, MS 6141 | |||||
1961 | Brahms: 10 Intermezzi
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Columbia Masterworks, ML 5637, MS 6237 | |||||
1961 | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
(with Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic) |
Columbia Masterworks, ML 5662, MS 6262 | |||||
1962 | Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 & Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Op. 42
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Columbia Masterworks, ML 5739, MS 6339 | |||||
1962 | Bach: The Art of the Fugue, Volume I
(played on organ) |
Columbia Masterworks, ML 5738, MS 6338 | |||||
1962 | Strauss: Enoch Arden (Tennyson), Op. 38
(with Claude Rains, speaker) |
Columbia Masterworks, ML 5741, MS 6341 | |||||
1963 | Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Volume I, BWV 846–853
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Columbia Masterworks, ML 5739, MS 6339 | |||||
1963 | Bach: Partitas 3 & 4, Toccata 7
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Columbia Masterworks, ML 5898, MS 6498 | |||||
1964 | Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Volume 2, BWV 854–861
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Columbia Masterworks, ML 5938, MS 6538 | |||||
1964 | Bach: Two and Three Part Inventions, BWV 772–801 (Inventions & Sinfonias)
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March 18 & 19, 1964 in CBS 30th Street Studio | Columbia Masterworks, ML 6022, MS 6622 | ||||
1965 | Beethoven: Sonatas No. 5-7, Op. 10, No. 1-3 | Columbia Masterworks, ML 6086, MS 6686 | |||||
1965 | Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Volume 3, BWV 862–869
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Columbia Masterworks, ML 6176, MS 6776 | |||||
1966 | The Music of Arnold Schoenberg, Vol. IV
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Columbia Masterworks, M2L 336 | |||||
1966 | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor" | Columbia Masterworks, ML 6288, MS 6888 | |||||
1967 | Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano No. 8-10, Op. 13 "Pathétique", Op. 14, No. 1 & 2 | Columbia Masterworks, ML 6345, MS 6945 | |||||
1967 | Bach: Three Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1054, 1056 & 1058
(with Vladimir Golschmann & Columbia Symphony Orchestra) |
Columbia Masterworks, ML 6401 | |||||
1967 | Canadian Music in the XXth Century | CBS Masterworks, 32 11 0045/32 11 0046 | |||||
1967 | The Music of Arnold Schoenberg, Vol. VII
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Columbia Masterworks, M2L 367 | |||||
1968 | Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (Transcribed for Piano by Franz Liszt)
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Columbia Masterworks, MS 7095 | |||||
1968 | Bach: The Goldberg Variations | June 10–16, 1955 in CBS 30th Street Studio, rechanneled for stereo 1968 | Columbia Masterworks, MS 7096 | ||||
1968 | The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 | Columbia Masterworks, MS 7097 | |||||
1968 | Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Volume I, BWV 870–877
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August 8, 1966; January 24, 1967; February 20, 1967 in CBS 30th Street Studio | Columbia Masterworks, MS 7099 | ||||
1968 | Glenn Gould: Concert Dropout – In Conversation with John McClure
(John McClure, interviewer) |
Columbia Masterworks, BS 15 (bonus disc released with MS 7095) | |||||
1969 | Scriabin: Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 & Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 | Columbia Masterworks, MS 7173 | |||||
1969 | The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 | Columbia Masterworks, MS 7274 | |||||
1969 | Bach: Keyboard Concertos, Vol. II
(with Vladimir Golschmann & Columbia Symphony Orchestra) |
Columbia Masterworks, MS 7294 | |||||
1969 | Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat; Piano Quartet in E Flat; The Three String Quartets
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Columbia Masterworks, D3S 806 | |||||
1970 | Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Volume II, BWV 878–885
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Columbia Masterworks, MS 7409 | |||||
1970 | Glenn Gould Plays Beethoven Sonatas Nos. 8, 14 & 23 | Columbia Masterworks, MS 7413 | |||||
1970 | Beethoven: Variations for Piano
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Columbia Masterworks, M 30080 | |||||
1971 | Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Volume III, BWV 886–893
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Columbia Masterworks, MS 30537 | |||||
1971 | A Consort of Musicke bye William Byrde and Orlando Gibbons | Columbia Masterworks, M 30825 | |||||
1972 | The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 | Columbia Masterworks, M 31073 | |||||
1972 | Schoenberg: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano, Vol. 1
(all tracks previously released on M2S 736, 1966) |
Columbia Masterworks, M 31311 | |||||
1972 | Schoenberg: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano, Vol. 2
(with Donald Gramm, bass-baritone; Cornelius Opthof, baritone and Helen Vanni, mezzo-soprano) |
Columbia Masterworks, M 31312 | |||||
1972 | Music from Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five
(OST Slaughterhouse-Five, all tracks previously released) |
Columbia Masterworks, S 31333 | |||||
1972 | Händel: Suites for the Harpsichord
(performed on harpsichord) |
Columbia Masterworks, M 31512 | |||||
1973 | Glenn Gould's First Recordings of Grieg and Bizet
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Columbia Masterworks, M 32040 | |||||
1973 | Bach: The French Suites, Vol. 1 | Columbia Masterworks, M 32347 | |||||
1973 | The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 | Columbia Masterworks, M 32348 | |||||
1973 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 31 Complete | Columbia Masterworks, M 32349 | |||||
1973 | Glenn Gould Plays Hindemith's Piano Sonatas 1–3 | CBS Masterworks, M 32350 | |||||
1973 | Glenn Gould Plays His Own Transcriptions of Wagner Orchestral Showpieces
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1973, Eaton Auditorium, Toronto | CBS Masterworks, M 32351 | ||||
1974 | Bach: The French Suites, Vol. 2 & Overture in the French Style | CBS Masterworks, M 32853 | |||||
1974 | Bach: The Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord
(with Leonard Rose, cello) |
CBS Masterworks, M 32934 | |||||
1975 | Beethoven: Bagatelles, Op. 33 & Op. 126 | CBS Masterworks, M 33265 | |||||
1975 | The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 | June 23, 1974; November 9, 1974; & September 7, 1974 in Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York | Columbia Masterworks, M 33515 | ||||
1976 | Hindemith: The Complete Sonatas For Brass & Piano
(with members of the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble) |
CBS Masterworks, M2 33971 | |||||
1976 | Bach: The Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
(with Jaime Laredo, violin) |
CBS Masterworks, M2 34226 | |||||
1977 | Glenn Gould Plays Sibelius
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CBS Masterworks, M 34555 | |||||
1977 | Glenn Gould Plays Bach: The English Suites Complete
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CBS Masterworks, M2 34578 | ||||
1978 | Hindemith: Das Marienleben for Soprano & Piano
(with Roxolana Roslak, soprano) |
CBS Masterworks, M2 34597 | |||||
1979 | Bach: The Toccatas, Vol. 1
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CBS Masterworks, M 35144 | |||||
1980 | Bach: The Toccatas, Vol. 2
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CBS Masterworks, M 35831 | |||||
1980 | Bach: Preludes, Fughettas & Fugues
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CBS Masterworks, M 35891 | |||||
1980 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 2, Nos. 1–3, Op. 28, "Pastoral" | CBS Masterworks, M2 35911 | |||||
1980 | The Glenn Gould Silver Jubilee Album
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CBS Masterworks M2X 35914 | |||||
1982 | Haydn: The Six Last Sonatas
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CBS Masterworks, I2M 36947 | |||||
1982 | Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1981 Digital Recording) | CBS Masterworks, IM 37779 | |||||
1982 | Glenn Gould Discusses His Performances of the "Goldberg Variations" with Tim Page | CBS Masterworks, CDN-70 (Bonus disc released with IM 37779) | |||||
1983 | Brahms: Ballades, Op. 10 & Rhapsodies, Op. 79 |
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CBS Masterworks, IM 37800 | ||||
1983 | Beethoven: Sonatas No. 12, Op. 26 & No. 13, Op. 27, No. 1 | CBS Masterworks, M 37831 | |||||
1984 | Richard Strauss: Sonata, Op. 5; 5 Piano Pieces, Op. 3
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CBS Masterworks, IM 38659 |
Sony Classical Records: 1990–
Year of Issue | Title | Recorded | Label, serial number |
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1990 | Glenn Gould Conducts & Plays Wagner
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* July 27–29 & September 8, 1982, St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto ** 1973, Eaton Auditorium, Toronto (originally released in 1973 by Columbia Masterworks, M 32351) |
Sony Classical, SK 46279 |
1995 | The Glenn Gould Edition[1]
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1967–1972 | Sony Classical, SM2K 52622 |
2002 | A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations, 1955 & 1981[2] | * 3 discs: 1955 and 1981 recordings plus 1955 outtakes and Gould's final radio interview | Sony Classical, S3K 87703 |
References
- Descriptive catalogue of the Glenn Gould papers (2 vols.). National Library of Canada. 1992. ISBN 0-660-57327-X.
- Redelt, Jochen (2015). Glenn Gould Remastered: The Complete Columbia Album Collection. Sony Music Entertainment.