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Re: GG: Shuffling
On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Scott Henderson wrote:
> >>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.
>
>
> ______________________________
>
> Scott Henderson, Ph.D.
> Director of Microscopy,
> Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
> Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy,
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>
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>
> e-mail: Henderson@msvax.mssm.edu
>
>
>
*I* have the '81 Goldbergs on a "Masterworks" CD (ie not the "edition"),
and it has all 32 tracks. Hmmm.