Re: GG: Shuffling

[Daniel LaRusso <jcs@grove.ufl.EDU>]

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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> 
> 
> 
*I* have the '81 Goldbergs on a "Masterworks" CD (ie not the "edition"),
and it has all 32 tracks. Hmmm.