V073 (& Sony Classical SLV 48401):
The Glenn Gould Collection: I. Prologue, II. Sonatas and Dialogues


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Executive Producer: Fritz Buttenstdt
Concept and Supervision: Kevin Wood
Written and directed by Bruno Monsaingeon

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Time Description
00:00 (I. Prologue) Credits
00:50 GG performing Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31, op. 110, mvt. III., filmed 1963
05:11 Fugue
12:18 GG practicing the Sinfonia of Bach's Partita No. 2, BWV 826 (1958)
14:05 Introduction by Bruno Monsaingeon
17:05 Maureen Forrester Interview (by Barbara Frum) (1982-on the occasion of his death)
21:30 Mahler's "Urlicht" from Symphony No. 2, orchestra conducted by GG, alto solo by Maureen Forrester (1957)
26:15 GG speaks on Russian music (1961)
29:05 GG plays Beethoven's 15 Variations with Fugue, op. 35 "Eroica"
48:00 GG plays Bach's Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, WTC XIV (BWV 883) at the harpsichord (1969)
54:30 William Walton's "Scotch Rhapsody" from Façade: Patricia Rideout, GG--speakers, orchestra conducted by Boris Brott
56:14 Credits, GG performance of the Goldberg Variations (Aria)
57:42 End of Side One (I. Prolugue)
00:00 Beginning of Side Two (II. Sonatas and Dialogues), credits
00:20 GG performs Bach's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4 (BWV 1017) with Yehudi Menuhin (1965)
15:24 Dialogue with Menuhin about Beethoven
18:35 GG and Menuhin perform Beethoven's Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 10, op. 96 (1965)
41:15 Dialogue with Menuhin about Schoenberg
47:20 GG and Menuhin perform Schoenberg's Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, op. 47 (1965)
57:20 Credits, GG performance of the Goldberg Variations (Aria)
59:00 End (II. Sonatas and Dialogues)