Re: Goldberg Variations

["Peter Glenister" <Peter.Glenister@MSVU.Ca>]

For folks on the f_minor list who might not otherwise have seen this 
reply from David.

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Not even close.  Claudio Arrau played the entire works of Bach in 12 recitals in Berlin in 1935.  He recorded the Goldberg in 1942 for RCA.  It was only within the last year that it was released.  I


David Sukonick

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From:   JOHN O'BRIEN[SMTP:obrien@FIS.UTORONTO.CA]
Sent:   Friday, August 08, 1997 10:39 PM
To:     GOULD-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
Subject:        Goldberg Variations

Is it correct that Gould's performance of the Goldberg Variations was
the first rendition of Bach's work played on a piano?
regards,
john

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