Glenn Gould discography explained

The following is a chronological list of the major-label studio recordings made by the Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould. In his lifetime, the vast majority of Gould's albums were published by Columbia Masterworks (later CBS Masterworks). In 1988, Sony purchased CBS Records Group, and Sony Classical Records reissued dozens of albums over at least a decade as the "Glenn Gould Edition", which included previously unreleased material. After the Glenn Gould Edition, Sony has released many other albums of the same recordings in various guises. In 2015, Sony Classical released an 81-CD remastered boxed set, The Complete Columbia Album Collection.

Some live recordings or radio broadcasts have been released by small labels or the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, with very little live performance ever published by Columbia or Sony. (Gould, of course, gave up concert performance early, in 1964.)

Gould also has an extensive bibliography of television and radio performance, documentary, and music discussion.

Columbia Masterworks/CBS Masterworks: 1956–1984

This Columbia Masterworks discography is believed to be complete.

Year of IssueTitleRecordedLabel, serial number
1956Bach: The Goldberg Variations June 10–16, 1955 in CBS 30th Street StudioColumbia Masterworks, ML 5060
1956Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30–32 June 20–29, 1956 in CBS 30th Street StudioColumbia Masterworks, ML 5130
1957Bach: Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 & Beethoven: Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19

(with Leonard Bernstein & Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

April 9–11, 1957 and April 30, 1957 in CBS 30th Street StudioColumbia Masterworks, ML 5211
1957Bach: Partitas Nos. 5 & 6; Fugues in F-sharp minor and E major Columbia Masterworks, ML 5186
1958Haydn: Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major; Mozart: Sonata No. 10 in C major, K.330; Fantasia and Fugue in C major, K.394 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5274
1958Beethoven: Concerto No. 1 in C major; Bach: Concerto No. 5 in F minor

(with Vladimir Golschmann & Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

Columbia Masterworks, ML 5298, MS 6017
1959Berg: Sonata for Piano, Op. 1; Schoenberg: Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11; Krenek: Sonata No. 3 for Piano, Op. 92, No. 4 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5336
1960Gould: String Quartet No. 1
  • String Quartet in F minor, Op. 1

(performed by Symphonia Quartet)

Columbia Masterworks, ML 5578, MS 6178
1960Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

(with Leonard Bernstein & Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

Columbia Masterworks, ML 5418, MS 6096
1960Bach: Italian Concerto in F major & Partita Nos. 1 & 2 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5472, MS 6141
1961Brahms: 10 Intermezzi Columbia Masterworks, ML 5637, MS 6237
1961Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

(with Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic)

Columbia Masterworks, ML 5662, MS 6262
1962Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 & Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Op. 42 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5739, MS 6339
1962Bach: The Art of the Fugue, Volume I

(played on organ)

Columbia Masterworks, ML 5738, MS 6338
1962Strauss: Enoch Arden (Tennyson), Op. 38

(with Claude Rains, speaker)

Columbia Masterworks, ML 5741, MS 6341
1963Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Volume I, BWV 846–853 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5739, MS 6339
1963Bach: Partitas 3 & 4, Toccata 7 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5898, MS 6498
1964Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Volume 2, BWV 854–861 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5938, MS 6538
1964Bach: Two and Three Part Inventions, BWV 772–801 (Inventions & Sinfonias) March 18 & 19, 1964 in CBS 30th Street StudioColumbia Masterworks, ML 6022, MS 6622
1965Beethoven: Sonatas No. 5-7, Op. 10, No. 1-3 Columbia Masterworks, ML 6086, MS 6686
1965Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Volume 3, BWV 862–869 Columbia Masterworks, ML 6176, MS 6776
1966The Music of Arnold Schoenberg, Vol. IV Columbia Masterworks, M2L 336
1966Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

(with Leopold Stokowski & American Symphony Orchestra)

Columbia Masterworks, ML 6288, MS 6888
1967Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano No. 8-10, Op. 13 "Pathétique", Op. 14, No. 1 & 2 Columbia Masterworks, ML 6345, MS 6945
1967Bach: Three Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1054, 1056 & 1058
  • Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D major, BWV 1054
  • Concerto for harpsichord and strings in F minor, BWV 1056 (originally released in 1958 on ML 5298/MS 6017)
  • Concerto for harpsichord and strings in G minor, BWV 1058

(with Vladimir Golschmann & Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

Columbia Masterworks, ML 6401
1967Canadian Music in the XXth Century CBS Masterworks, 32 11 0045/32 11 0046
1967The Music of Arnold Schoenberg, Vol. VII
  • Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello, Opus 45 (performed by members of the Juilliard Quartet)
  • Ode to Napoleon Buoanaparte, Opus 41 (with Juilliard String Quartet/John Horton, speaker)
  • Variations on a Recitative, Opus 40 (performed by Marilyn Mason, organ)
  • Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Opus 47 (with Israel Baker, violin)
  • Theme and Variations, Opus 43B (performed by Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra)
Columbia Masterworks, M2L 367
1968Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (Transcribed for Piano by Franz Liszt) Columbia Masterworks, MS 7095
1968Bach: The Goldberg VariationsJune 10–16, 1955 in CBS 30th Street Studio, rechanneled for stereo 1968Columbia Masterworks, MS 7096
1968The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7097
1968Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Volume I, BWV 870–877 August 8, 1966; January 24, 1967; February 20, 1967 in CBS 30th Street StudioColumbia Masterworks, MS 7099
1968Glenn Gould: Concert Dropout – In Conversation with John McClure
  • The Concert Is Dead
  • The Only Excuse For Recording Is To Do It Differently
  • The Great Get-Sibelius Plot Exposed
  • A Live Audience Is A Great Liability
  • Petula Clark's Songs Are In The Post-Mendelssohn Tradition
  • Why I Sing Along
  • Electronic Music Is The Future

(John McClure, interviewer)

Columbia Masterworks, BS 15 (bonus disc released with MS 7095)
1969Scriabin: Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 & Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7173
1969The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7274
1969Bach: Keyboard Concertos, Vol. II
  • Concerto for harpsichord and strings in E major, BWV 1053
  • Concerto for harpsichord and strings in A major, BWV 1055

(with Vladimir Golschmann & Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

Columbia Masterworks, MS 7294
1969Schumann

Piano Quintet in E Flat; Piano Quartet in E Flat; The Three String Quartets

  • Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1 (performed by Juilliard String Quartet)
  • Quartet in F Major, Op. 41, No. 2 (performed by Juilliard String Quartet)
  • Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3 (Performed by Juilliard String Quartet)
  • Quintet for Piano and Strings in E♭ Major, Op. 44 (performed by Leonard Bernstein, piano/Juilliard String Quartet)
  • Quartet for Piano and Strings in E♭ Major, Op. 47 (with members of the Juilliard String Quartet)
Columbia Masterworks, D3S 806
1970Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Volume II, BWV 878–885 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7409
1970Glenn Gould Plays Beethoven Sonatas Nos. 8, 14 & 23 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7413
1970Beethoven: Variations for Piano Columbia Masterworks, M 30080
1971Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Volume III, BWV 886–893 Columbia Masterworks, MS 30537
1971A Consort of Musicke bye William Byrde and Orlando Gibbons
  • Byrd: The Firste Pavian; The Galliarde to the Firste Pavian; Pavana the Sixte Kinbrugh Goodd; The Galliarde to the Sixte Pavian; Hughe Ashtons Grownde: A Voluntarie; Sellingers Rownde
  • Gibbons: "Lord Of Salisbury" Pavan And Galliard; Allemande (Italian Ground); Fantasy in C major
Columbia Masterworks, M 30825
1972The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 Columbia Masterworks, M 31073
1972Schoenberg: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano, Vol. 1

(all tracks previously released on M2S 736, 1966)

Columbia Masterworks, M 31311
1972Schoenberg: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano, Vol. 2
  • Six Songs, Op. 3
  • Eight Songs, Op. 6
  • Two Ballads, Op. 12
  • Two Songs, Op. 14
  • Three Songs, Op. 48
  • Two Songs, Op. posth.

(with Donald Gramm, bass-baritone; Cornelius Opthof, baritone and Helen Vanni, mezzo-soprano)

Columbia Masterworks, M 31312
1972Music from Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five
  • Keyboard concerto No. 5
  • Variations 18 & 25 from The Goldberg Variations
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
  • Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D major, BWV 1054
  • Fantasia super: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BWV 651

(OST Slaughterhouse-Five, all tracks previously released)

Columbia Masterworks, S 31333
1972Händel: Suites for the Harpsichord
  • Suite No. 1 in A major, HWV 426
  • Suite No. 2 in F major, HWV 427
  • Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428
  • Suite No. 4 in E minor, HWV 429

(performed on harpsichord)

Columbia Masterworks, M 31512
1973Glenn Gould's First Recordings of Grieg and Bizet Columbia Masterworks, M 32040
1973Bach: The French Suites, Vol. 1
  • Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812
  • Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
  • Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814
  • Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815
Columbia Masterworks, M 32347
1973The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 Columbia Masterworks, M 32348
1973Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 31 Complete Columbia Masterworks, M 32349
1973Glenn Gould Plays Hindemith's Piano Sonatas 1–3 CBS Masterworks, M 32350
1973Glenn Gould Plays His Own Transcriptions of Wagner Orchestral Showpieces 1973, Eaton Auditorium, TorontoCBS Masterworks, M 32351
1974Bach: The French Suites, Vol. 2 & Overture in the French Style CBS Masterworks, M 32853
1974Bach: The Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord
  • Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027
  • Sonata No. 2 in D major, BWV 1028
  • Sonata No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029

(with Leonard Rose, cello)

CBS Masterworks, M 32934
1975Beethoven: Bagatelles, Op. 33 & Op. 126 CBS Masterworks, M 33265
1975The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 June 23, 1974; November 9, 1974; & September 7, 1974 in Columbia 30th Street Studio, New YorkColumbia Masterworks, M 33515
1976Hindemith: The Complete Sonatas For Brass & Piano
  • Sonata in F for French Horn and Piano
  • Sonata for Bass Tuba and Piano
  • Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
  • Sonata in E-flat for Alto Horn and Piano
  • Sonata for Trombone and Piano

(with members of the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble)

CBS Masterworks, M2 33971
1976Bach: The Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
  • Sonata in B minor for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1014
  • Sonata in A major for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1015
  • Sonata in E major for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1016
  • Sonata in C minor for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1017
  • Sonata in F minor for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1018
  • Sonata in G major for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1019

(with Jaime Laredo, violin)

CBS Masterworks, M2 34226
1977Glenn Gould Plays Sibelius
  • Sonatine No. 1 for Piano in E major, Op. 67
  • Sonatine No. 2 for Piano in E major, Op. 67
  • Sonatine No. 3 for Piano in B minor, Op. 67
  • Kyllikki, Op. 41
CBS Masterworks, M 34555
1977Glenn Gould Plays Bach: The English Suites Complete
  • Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806
  • Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807
  • Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808
  • Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809
  • Suite No. 5 in E Minor, BWV 810
  • Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811
  • BWV 806: March 11 & November 4, 1973
  • BWV 807: May 23, 1971
  • BWV 808: June 21 & 22, 1974
  • BWV 809 and BWV 810: December 14 & 15, 1974 and May 23 & 24, 1976
  • BWV 811: October 10 & 11, 1975 and May 23 & 24, 1976
CBS Masterworks, M2 34578
1978Hindemith: Das Marienleben for Soprano & Piano

(with Roxolana Roslak, soprano)

CBS Masterworks, M2 34597
1979Bach: The Toccatas, Vol. 1
  • Toccata in F-sharp minor, BWV 910
  • Toccata in D major, BWV 912
  • Toccata in D minor, BWV 913
CBS Masterworks, M 35144
1980Bach: The Toccatas, Vol. 2
  • Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
  • Toccata in E minor, BWV 914
  • Toccata in G minor, BWV 915
  • Toccata in G major, BWV 916
CBS Masterworks, M 35831
1980Bach: Preludes, Fughettas & Fugues
  • Prelude And Fugue in A minor, BWV 895
  • Prelude And Fughetta in D minor, BWV 899
  • Prelude And Fugue in E minor, BWV 900
  • Preludes, BWV 902 & 902A
  • Fughetta in G major, BWV 902
  • Prelude in C major, BWV 924
  • Prelude in D major, BWV 925
  • Prelude in D minor, BWV 926
  • Prelude in F major, BWV 927
  • Prelude in F major, BWV 928
  • Prelude in G minor, BWV 930
  • Prelude in C major, BWV 933
  • Prelude in C minor, BWV 934
  • Prelude in D minor, BWV 935
  • Prelude in D major, BWV 936
  • Prelude in E major, BWV 937
  • Prelude in E minor, BWV 938
  • Fugue in C major, BWV 952
  • Fugue in C major, BWV 953
  • Fughetta in C minor, BWV 961
CBS Masterworks, M 35891
1980Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 2, Nos. 1–3, Op. 28, "Pastoral" CBS Masterworks, M2 35911
1980The Glenn Gould Silver Jubilee Album
  • Scarlatti: Sonatas, L 463, 413, and 486
  • C.P.E. Bach: Württemberg Sonata No. 1
  • Gould: So You Want to Write A Fugue? (performed by Elizabeth Benson-Guy, soprano/Anita Darian, contralto/Charles Bressler, tenor/Donald Gramm, baritone/Juilliard String Quartet/Vladimir Golschmann, conductor)
  • Scriabin: Two Pieces, Op. 57
  • Strauss: Ophelia-Lieder (with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano)
  • Beethoven/Liszt: Pastoral Symphony, First Movement
  • A Glenn Gould Fantasy (with Margaret Pacsu)
CBS Masterworks M2X 35914
1982 CBS Masterworks, I2M 36947
1982Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1981 Digital Recording) CBS Masterworks, IM 37779
1982Glenn Gould Discusses His Performances of the "Goldberg Variations" with Tim PageCBS Masterworks, CDN-70 (Bonus disc released with IM 37779)
1983Brahms: Ballades, Op. 10 & Rhapsodies, Op. 79
  • February 8,9 & 10 1982 in RCA's Studio A in New York (Ballades)
  • June 30,& July 1, 1982 in RCA's Studio A in New York (Rhapsodies)
CBS Masterworks, IM 37800
1983Beethoven: Sonatas No. 12, Op. 26 & No. 13, Op. 27, No. 1 CBS Masterworks, M 37831
1984Richard Strauss: Sonata, Op. 5; 5 Piano Pieces, Op. 3
  • September 1–3, 1982 in RCA's Studio A in New York (Sonata op.5)
  • April 23 & 6 August 6, 1979 in Old St.Laurence Hall in Toronto (Piano Pieces 1–4); September 5, 1979 in Eaton's Auditorium in Toronto (Piano Piece 5)
CBS Masterworks, IM 38659

Sony Classical Records: 1990–

Year of IssueTitleRecordedLabel, serial number
1990Glenn Gould Conducts & Plays Wagner Sony Classical, SK 46279
1995The Glenn Gould Edition 1967–1972Sony Classical, SM2K 52622
2002A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations, 1955 & 1981[1]
  • 3 discs: 1955 and 1981 recordings plus 1955 outtakes and Gould's final radio interview
Sony Classical, S3K 87703

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2023-08-13 . 2023-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230813211312/https://www.discogs.com/master/995220-Glenn-Gould-A-State-Of-Wonder-The-Complete-Goldberg-Variations-1955-1981 . live .