(Goldbergs) “in terms of sheer keyboard wizadry …a remarkable performance”
(Penguin Guide) “Gould’s pianistic skills have been universally and freely acknowledged … he was supremely skilful in showing the patterns woven by its contrapuntal threads….As an exposition of the music’s mechanism this is remarkable”
(Partitas): “the young eccentric who walks on stage with a big handkerchief flapping, who seats himself on a chair only a few inches off the floor, who sings along and makes terrible faces. But he can play the piano. Here we see neither the chair nor gestures nor faces; but we do hear him singing along; and we also hear polished, superbly controlled, rhythmically alert piano playing. Two fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier are included on the disc.” (Gramophone)
Glenn Gould Plays Bach – Goldberg Variations, Partitas V & VI
