A Glenn Gould Supplement

[frank@clark.net]

[My first submission to f_minor]

I've been a fanatical Gould collector for several decades. Here's some
information I put together this afternoon. It assumes intimate familiarity
with Nancy Canning's book. I have not proof-read and double-checked
everthing, and I need also to indicate what was stated as unreleased in
Canning has now been released. I merely noted things that have surfaced
since.

Frank

A GLENN GOULD SUPPLEMENT
by Frank Forman
Version 1

This is a supplement to Nancy Canning, _A Glenn
  Gould Catalog_ (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,
  1992).

1. VOICE OF GOULD

1.1 Melodiya M10 45963 009, released 1984.

GLENN GOULD'S MEETING
WITH THE STUDENTS
OF THE MOSCOW CONSERVATOIRE

Side 1

A. Berg (1885-1935)
Piano Sonata, Op. 1
Allegro Moderato--8.30

G. Gould speaks on the composers
of New Vienna School (demonstrating
an excerpt from the Passacaglia for Orchestra
by A. Webern)--5.18

A. Webern (1883-1945)
Piano Variations, Op. 27--4.43

G. Gould speaks on E. Krenek--1.25

E. Krenek (b. 1900)
>From Piano Sonata No. 3,
Op. 62 No. 4
1. Allegretto piacvole,
animato e flessible--4.48

Side 2

4. Adagio--6.00
G. Gould thanks the listeners--1.26

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
>From "Die Kunst der Fuge", BWV 1080
Contrapuncti 1, 4, 2--10.15

>From "Goldberg Variations", BWV 998
Variations 3, 18, 9, 24, 10, 30

Recorded at the Small Hall of the
Moscow Conservatoire on May 12, 1957

Restorer T. Badeyan
Editor P. Gru"nberg

[The above copied from the notes to the Melodiya
recording]

Also issued on Le Chant du Monde [France] LDX
78799 and CD. The musical performances
themselves are in Canning's book.

1.2. AT HOME WITH GLENN GOULD
Interview with Vincent Tovell, 1959.

Disc made for circulating to Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation radio stations for
broadcasting purposes. Catalog No. E-156.

Has Gould playing:
Bach: Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 4
Gould: Quartet, excerpts arranged by the
  Composer for piano

1.3 Interview with James Fassett, radio
  commentator for the New York Philharmonic.
  Done in 1963 because the interview discusses
  the 1962 performance with Leonard Bernstein of
  Brahms: Concerto 2 as having happened the
  previous year.
Once available on a Good Sound Associates tape,
  a company no longer in existence. My copy is
  incomplete.

1.4 Gould discusses a new recording of
  Beethoven: Concerto 4 in G, Op. 58, Serkin,
  ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Columbia ML
  6145, MS 6745, MQ 737 (tape). Issued on
  Columbia MPS 6 (Autumn 1965), "Audition, the
  Quarterly Sound Magazine of the Columbia
  Subscription Service" *and* on SOG 1 (Winter
  1966), "The Sound of Genius; An Invitation to
  Great Listening; Custom Made for Your Columbia
  Record Dealer"

1.5 Gould discusses his recording of "The Music
  of Arnold Schoenberg, Vol. 4," Columbia M2l
  336, M2S 736. Issued on MPS 8 (Spring 1966),
  "Audition, the Quarterly Sound Magazine of the
  Columbia Subscription Service"

1.6 Gould discusses his recording of Beethoven:
  Sonatas 8, 14, and 23, Columbia MS 7413.
  Issued on MPS 12 (Winter 1967/68), "Audition,
  the Quarterly Sound Magazine of the Columbia
  Subscription Service"

1.7 GLENN GOULD: CONCERT DROPOUT
Interview with John McClure. Columbia BS 15.
  Bonus disc released in 1968 with Columbia MS
  7095, Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67,
  arranged by Franz Liszt and further arranged
  by the Pianist. Performs: [need to fill in]

1.8 GLENN GOULD ON THE MOOG SYNTHESIZER
CBC Learning Systems 326L (open reel and
cassette tape). Released 1972.

1.9 A GLENN GOULD FANTASY
Created by Gould, who is one of the speakers.
  One disc of M2X 35914, "The Glenn Gould Silver
  Anniversary Album," commemorating his 25 years
  of recording for Columbia

1.10 GLENN GOULD DISCUSSES HIS PERFORMANCES OF
  THE "GOLDBERG VARIATIONS" WITH TIM PAGE
Columbia MX 38613, disc 3 in M3X 38610, "Glenn
  Gould's Bach, Vol. 1," which also contains his
  two Columbia recordings of the Goldberg
  Variations. I believe a book has a
  transcription of the interview.

And, of course, commentaries for innumerable
programs for CBC, listed in the Canning book.

2.0 ALTERNATE TAKES
2.1 Brahms: Intermezzo in A, Op. 18, No. 2. In
  Columbia GS 6, "The Sound of Genius," Bonus
  disc for members of the Columbia Record Club,
  in celebration of its fifth anniversary. The
  timing is different from the released version
  on MS 6237.

2.2 Bach: Goldberg Variations, second recording
  (1981). Columbia IM 37779 has different takes
  for some of the variations than the video
  cassette.

3. PRODUCED BY GOULD
3.1 Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Sonata No. 2,
  Op. 2 and Fairy Pictures, Op. 3. Antonin
  Kubalek, pianist. Notes written by Gould as
  well and dated 1974 November. Issued on
  Genesis GS 1055

4. COMPOSED BY GOULD
4.1 Quartet, Op. 1 (1953-55), published in 1958
  by Barger & Barclay of Great Neck, NY
4.1.1 Montreal String Quartet (Hyman Bress,
  Mildred Goodman, Otto Joachim, Walter
  Joachim), which gave the first performance in
  1956. This is a studio recording made later
  that year for the CBC and circulated on disc
  to radio stations as Programme 142 of its
  International Transciption Service. The disc
  is given side numbers MBS 2471-72.
4.1.2 The Symphonia Quartet (Kurt Loebel, Elmer
  Setzer, Tom Brennand, Thomas Liberti).
  Recorded in 1960 and issued on Columbia ML
  5578/MS6178
4.1.3 Bruno Monsaingeon, Gilles Apap, Gerard
  Causse, Alain Meunier]. Recorded 1990
  September and issued on CD: Sony SK 47184

4.2 Cadenza to Beethoven: Concerto 1 in in C,
  Op. 15, published in 1958 by Barger & Barclay
  of Great Neck, NY.
4.2.1 Played by the Composer in the recording
  with Vladimir Golschmann conducting the
  "Columbia Symphony." Recorded in 1958 and
  released on Columbia ML 5298/MS 6017.

4.3 "So You Want to Write a Fugue" (1963) for
  four-part chorus of mixed voices with piano or
  string quartet accompaniment. Published in
  1964 by G. Schirmer of New York City. My copy
  of the score has the piano version. I do not
  know if Schirmer published a string quartet
  version.
4.3.1 Elizabeth Guy-Benson (soprano), Anita
  Darlen (mezzo-soprano), Charles Bressler
  (tenor), and Donald Gramm (baritone). Vladimir
  Golschmann conducting the Julliard String
  Quartet. Recorded on 63.12.14 in New York City
  in Columbia's 30th Street studio. First issued
  in monaural on a flexible 7" disc insert in
  the 1964 April issue of _High Fidelity_, as
  No. MONO 164. First stereo issue in M2X 35914,
  "The Glenn Gould Silver Anniversary Album,"
  commemorating his 25 years of recording for
  Columbia.
4.3.2 Claron McFadden (soprano), Marie-Therese
  Keller (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
  (tenor), and Harry Van der Kamp (bass). Emile
  Naoumoff, piano; Nicolas Riveng, conductor.
  Recorded 1990 September and issued on CD: Sony
  SK 47184.

4.4 Two Pieces for Piano. Composed at age 19.
4.4.1. Emile Naoumoff, piano. Recorded 1990
  September and issued on CD: Sony SK 47184.

4.5 Sonata for Bassoon and Piano. Composed at
  age 17.
4.5.1 Catherine Marchese, bassoon, Emile
  Naoumoff, piano. Recorded 1990 September and
  issued on CD: Sony SK 47184.

4.6 Piano Sonata (unfinished). Composed at age
  19.
4.6.1. Emile Naoumoff, piano. Recorded 1990
  September and issued on CD: Sony SK 47184.

5. FOUND SINCE THE CANNING CATALOG
5.1 Bach: Goldberg Variations, S. 988
5.1.1. 1954.6.21. First issued in 1995 on CD:
  CBC PSCD 2007

5.2. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E, S. 878 (Well-
  Tempered Clavier, Book II, No. 9)
5.2.1. 1952.10.21. First issued in 1995 on CD:
  CBC PSCD 2007.
5.2.2. 1970.2.18. Played on the harpsichord.
  First issued in 1993 on CD: Sony SMK 52590.
  Sony says this is from a CBC teevee broadcast,
  while Canning says a radio broadcast in which
  only an except of the fugue was performed in
  acombination of harpsichord, organ, and piano
  performances.

5.3. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in f#, S. 883
  (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, No. 14)
5.3.2. 1970.2.18. Played on the harpsichord.
  First issued in 1993 on CD: Sony SMK 52590.
  Sony says this is from a CBC teevee broadcast,
  while Canning says a radio broadcast in which
  only an except of the fugue was performed in
  acombination of harpsichord, organ, and piano
  performances.

5.4 Prokofiev: Vision Fugitive, Op. 22, No. 2.
  [need to reconcile Sony and Canning]

5.5. Schoenberg: Concerto for Piano and
  Orchestra, Op. 42
5.5.1. 195.12.21. Jean-Marie Beaudet, CBC
  Symphony Orchestra. First issued in 1995 on
  CD: CBC PSCD 2008

5.6. Scriabin: Preludes Op. 33.3, 45.3, 49.2,
  and Feullet d'album, Op. 58. [need to
  reconcile Sony and Canning]

5.7. Webern: Variations, Op. 27
5.7.1. 1954.1.9. First issued in 1995 on CD: CBC
  PSCD 2008.

Note: Some of the Sony CD issues give earlier
dates than the Canning catalog. The discrepancy
is apparently due to the first being the
recording date and the second being the date of
broadcast. More work needed here!

6. RECORDING KNOWN BEFORE THE CANNING CATALOG
6.1. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, S.
  1050
6.1.1. 1960. Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony
  Orchestra. Western Sound Archives tape. Dub
  possessed by me.