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All Artists: Casals, Stokowski, Glenn Gould
Title: Glenn Gould: The Radio Artist
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: CBC RECORDS
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 11/20/2007
Album Type: Box set
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 5
SwapaCD Credits: 5
UPC: 059582203125

Synopsis

Album Description

Glenn Gould exploded onto the Canadian classical music scene in 1956 with his exciting and energetic interpretations of a wide variety of classical standards. Listen in on vintage radio recordings with Glenn Gould: The Radio Artist to gain insight into this brilliant pianist's mind. Prepared and produced by Glenn Gould for the Canadian Brodcasting Corporation, these radio documentaries, or "oral tone poems" examine the lives of people living in isolation.

CD Reviews

Gould - CBC: on the air

T. Siolek | USA | 03/27/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"To a Gould fan, this is more to obsess over. In review of the first 3 discs (the solitude series), they are both wonderful and inspiring to listen to; multi-layered and worth the effort it takes to pay attention to their content. To anyone else, or someone only passively interested in Gould, its a odd, dense collection of experimental radio shows about Canadian solitude. If that statement makes you curious, you may like the album. If you don't care about experimental radio shows too much, of for Gould's P.O.V. on things, this is not the disk for you. The last 2 disc contain radio shows on Casals and Stokowski for this 5 disc set. These are worth listing to by any casual listener remotely interested in the topic."

Fascinating radio programs from the past

Grant McGiffin | Falmouth, Maine | 10/29/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Glenn Gould was a master at the keyboard as well as a thoughtful and respected musician. These CBC radio programs allowed Gould to reflect on certain musical topics including the music of Canada as well as master musicians such as Stokowski and Casals. I found Stokowski's view of music and the war years particularly relevant given our current engagements in Iraq and Afganistan. Not to be missed"