Goldberg Variations

by Johann Sebastian Bach; Glenn Gould

It's hard to review this album. Gould worked and reworked Bach during most of his life. When he first hit the scene, he played Bach differently on recordings and live, differently than most other pianists, definitely with more verve than most others, due to his wondrous technical skills but also without any fucking care about being subservient to God, meaning Bach.

This is a collection that both serves as a plain painting of Gould's brilliance as a piano player but mainly in showing how differently he played materials that are largely considered to be above its players; when hearing Gould play, I think its evident he's on par with Bach. Sure, Gould interprets what another person gas composed, but damn what a player he was.

This is magnificent, quick, slow, fun, funny, god-fearing, antithetical to God, to Bach, to Gould himself, a person who stopped touring to only play and record piano and his collaborations.

Try this if you already haven't. I envy you, regardless.