It’s Bach around the clock at my house these days. God blessed us with the birth of our second child last weekend, and Gloria Grace is becoming well-acquainted with Bach’s masterful music, especially his “Goldberg Variations.”
Compare what I wrote in 2007:
Glenn Gould Plays Bach’s “Goldberg Variations”
Glenn Gould’s (Wikipedia) recordings of the Goldberg Variations by J. S. Bach are among my all-time favorites. Amazon has excerpts of both his 1955 and 1981 recordings.
My favorite is his 1981 recording, which I’ve probably listened to more than any other piece in my music collection (over 200 times according to iTunes, but that doesn’t count years of listening to it on cassette tape and then CD prior to importing it to iTunes).
You can also watch him play on Google video (though I admit that he is eccentric!).
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6984208089899995423#
Brilliant. Masterful. Edifying. And as Bach would say, Soli Deo gloria.
Andy, Jenny, congratulations! More Nasellis, woo-hoo!
Congratulations, Andy! May Gloria grow up to share your affection for Bach.
You would enjoy Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould. Gould was a very strange guy, but we enjoyed the movie a lot; the music is beautifully interwoven through the vignettes.
Thanks Andy,
Isaiah asks to watch this every day. He likes Glenn Gould so much that Stephanie is a little concerned (although he is Canadian).