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Re: How did you first learn of Glenn Gould?



The '59 Goldberg was my intro to GG... blew my socks off.

Bradley Lehman wrote:
> 
> 
> Is there anybody here whose first exposure to GG was the Salzburg Recital
> disc?  That would be I think the very best way to make a good first
> impression.  The best of the four Goldbergs, the obscure but delightful
> Sweelinck piece, some remarkably coherent Schoenberg, and well-shaped
> graceful Mozart that doesn't go by too quickly.  Essential.  Music doesn't
> get
> much better than that.
> 
> Bradley Lehman, http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl
> Dayton VA