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[Limited production edition]

Glenn Gould's 90th birthday and 40th-anniversary special project / Japan-specific project

Discs 1-24 = SA-CD Hybrid Discs 25-26 = Regular CD

A huge interpretation of Bach that stands out in the history of performance art.

■Among Glenn Gould's recordings, the most popular Bach recordings are included on 24 SACD hybrid discs.

■Gould's recording career centered on works by Bach, from his monumental Columbia debut in 1955, the Goldberg Variations, to his re-recording of the Goldberg Variations in 1981. It was placed in

Gould himself was conscious of the comprehensive recording of Bach's works, and as a result, the major keyboard solos were recorded, with clarity of structure, vividness of complex polyphony, and submerged vocals, all of which reflect the instruments and era. A transcendent interpretation of Bach has been engraved.

■This is the latest edition of the ``Bach Complete Works,'' which has become a standard since it was first released in Japan in 1974, and includes Bach recordings from Columbia to Sony Classical that were released during Gould's lifetime.

In addition, it includes live recordings and other sound sources released after his death.

Half of the 24 hybrid discs are the world's first SACD hybrid.

■Two bonus discs include two interviews with Gould and a talk about Bach in German (Japanese translation included in the booklet, "Concert Dropout" is a new translation by Junichi Miyazawa)

Number of configurations | 26 pieces

Total recording time | 24:43:25

[Songs scheduled to be recorded]

DISC 1-24 Hybrid disc (SACD layer is 2ch)

DISC 25-26 Regular CD

DISC 1, 13-24 First SACD hybridization

[Performance]

Glenn Gould (piano) [unless otherwise specified]

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DISC 1

1-32 Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1955 monaural recording)

[Recording] June 1955

DISC 2

1-30 Invention for 2 voices and Sinfonia for 3 voices BWV 772-801

[Recording] March 1964

DISC 3

British Suite (all songs)

1-10 English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806

11-17 English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV807

18-24 English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV808

DISC 4

1-7 English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV809

8-14 English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV810

15-22 English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV811

[DISC 3-4] [Recording] March 1973 - May 1976

DISC 5

French Suite (all songs)

1-6 French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812

7-12 French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813

13-18 French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814

19-25 French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815

DISC 6

1-7 French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816

8-15 French Suite No. 6 in E major BWV 817

16-26 French Overture in B minor, BWV 831

[DISC 5-6] [Recording] November 1971-1973

DISC 7

Partita (all songs)

1-6 Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825

7-12 Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV 826

13-19 Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827

DISC 8

1-7 Partita No. 4 in D major BWV 828

8-14 Partita No. 5 in G major BWV 829 (monaural)

15-21 Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV 830 (monaural)

[DISC 7-8]

[Recording] February 1956 - April 1963

DISC 9

The Well-Tempered Clavier (Complete) 48 Preludes and Fugues

Volume 1

1-24 Prelude and Fugue No. 1-12 BWV 846-BWV 857

DISC 10

1-24 Prelude and Fugue No. 13-24 BWV 858-BWV 869

DISC 11

Volume 2

1-24 Prelude and Fugue No. 1-12 BWV 870-BWV 881

DISC 12

1-24 Prelude and Fugue No. 13-24 BWV 882-BWV 893

[DISC 9-12] [Recording] Volume 1 = June 1962 - February 1965

Volume 2 = August 1966 - January 1971

DISC 13

1-6 Six Little Preludes BWV 933-BWV 938

7-8 Prelude and Fughetta BWV 899

9 Prelude in G major BWV 902/1

10 Prelude in G major BWV 902/1a

11 Fughetta in G major BWV 902/2

12-17 From 9 Little Preludes

18 Fugue in C major BWV 952

19 Fughetta in C minor BWV 961

20 Fugue in C major BWV 953

21-22 Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 895

23-24 Prelude and Fughetta in E minor, BWV 900

[Recording] October 1979 (1-11) January/February 1980 (12-24)

25-27 Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971 (recorded in 1959)

[Recording] June 1959

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Volume 2

28 Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F sharp minor, BWV 883, Fugue (monaural recording, 1957)

29 Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878, Fugue (1957 mono recording)

[Recording] July 1957 (28), August 1957 (29)

DISC 14

1 Toccata in D major BWV 912

2 Toccata in F minor BWV 910

3 Toccata in D minor BWV 913

4 Toccata in C minor BWV 911

5 Toccata in G minor BWV 915

6 Toccata in G major BWV 916

7 Toccata in E minor BWV 914

[Recording] April 1963 (7), October 1976 - June 1979

DISC 15

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1981 digital recording)

[Recording] April, May 1981 (digital recording)

DISC 16

1-4 Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor BWV 1014

5-8 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major BWV 1015

9-12 Violin Sonata No. 3 in E major BWV 1016

13-16 Violin Sonata No. 4 in C minor BWV 1017

Jaime Laredo (violin)

[Recording] February 1975 - January 1976

DISC 17

1-4 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F minor BWV 1018

5-9 Violin Sonata No. 6 in G major BWV 1019

Jaime Laredo (violin)

[Recording] January 1976

10-13 Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G major BWV 1027

14-17 Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 2 in D major BWV 1028

18-20 Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 3 in G minor BWV 1029

Leonard Rose (cello)

[Recording] May 1974 (10-13) December 1973 (14-21)

DISC 18

1-9 Technique of Fugue from BWV 1080 Contrapunctus I-IX

Glenn Gould (organ)

[Recording] January-February 1962

DISC 19

1-3 Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (monaural)

4-6 Piano Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053

7-9 Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054

DISC 20

1-3 Piano Concerto No. 4 in A major BWV 1055

4-6 Piano Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV 1056

7-9 Piano Concerto No. 7 in G minor BWV 1058

Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Columbia Symphony Orchestra (No. 1)

Vladimir Golshman (conductor) Columbia Symphony Orchestra (No. 2-5, No. 7)

[DISC 19-20] [Recording] April 1957 - February 1969

DISC 21

1-3 Italian Concerto in F major BWV971 (1981 digital recording)

4-6 Concerto in D minor (according to Marcello's Oboe Concerto) BWV 974

7 Fugue in B minor on a theme by Albinoni, BWV 951

8 Fugue in A major on a theme by Albinoni BWV 950

9 Italian Aria and Variations in A minor, BWV 989

10 Chromatic Fantasy in D minor BWV 903

11 Fantasy (and Fugue) in C minor, BWV 906

12 Fantasy in G minor BWV 917

13 Fantasy in C minor BWV 919

14 Prelude and Fugue in B flat major BWV 898 in the name of BACH

[Recording] April 1971 - August 1981

DISC 22

1-32 Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1954 CBC broadcast sound source)

From the Well-Tempered Clavier Volume 2 (1954, 1952 CBC broadcast sound source)

33-34 Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F minor BWV 883

35-36 Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876

37-38 Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B minor, BWV 891

39-40 Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878

[Recording] June 21, 1954 (1-32) February 28, 1954 (33-38)

October 21, 1952 (39-40) (Monaural)

DISC 23

1-3 Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (1957 Leningrad Live)

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ladislav Slovak (conductor)

[Recording] May 18, 1957, live recording in Leningrad (monaural)

4-17 Invention for 3 Voices (Sinfonia) from BWV 788 to BWV 801

(1957 Moscow Live)

[Recording] May 7, 1957, live recording in Moscow (monaural)

DISC 24

1-32 Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1959 Salzburg Festival Live)

[Recording] Live recording at Mozarteum, Salzburg, August 25, 1959

(1959 Salzburg Festival) Sound source recorded by Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (monaural)

33-36 Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (1958 Salzburg Festival Live)

Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor) Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra

[Recording] Live recording at the Salzburg Festival Theater on August 10, 1958

(1958 Salzburg Festival 5th Orchestra Concert) (monaural)

[Recording] January 1982

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