Re: GG: Shuffling

[Henderson@msvax.mssm.edu (Scott Henderson)]

>>My CD copy of the 81 Goldbergs has only one track, containing all
>>the variations and both arias.  Where did you find your copy with 34
>>tracks?
>
>I would ineed like to know what kind of CD copy YOU have of the Gouldbergs!
>One track!!! I have the issue that comes with the Glenn Gould Edition on
>Sony. The CD number is Sony SMK 52619, and it has 32 tracks. Are there
>really CD's with no indexes for such an indexed work as the Goldberg
>Variations? Please, details!


        I have the same one-track version of the '81 Goldberg Variations.
When CBS Masterworks first released it in 1982 (MK37779) the aria and
variations were lumped together in a single track.  It's a nuisance, when
you want to review the performance of a single variation, to have to
fast-forward through several minutes of music.  When Sony reissued the
recording as part of the Glenn Gould Edition (SMK 52619), they wisely
partitioned it out onto 32 tracks.


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