GG: Films on Video

[John Hill <jphill@home.com>]

Bradley P Lehman wrote:

> > The Retreat from the Stage
> >
> > Directed by Bruno Monsaingeon, 1974, 44 min.  Gould discusses the reasons
> > behind his abrupt retirement from the concert stage, as well as the work
> > of Byrd, Gibbons, Bach and Wagner; and plays Schoenberg's Suite.
> >
> > The Alchemist
> >
> > Directed by Bruno Monsaingeon, 1974, 27 min. The recording and editing
> > sessions that produced the Bach A Major English Suite and Scriabin's
> > Desire (sic).
> >
> > The Goldberg Variations
> >
> > Directed by Bruno Monsaingeon, 1981, 58 min. Visual record--the last
> > issued before Gould's sudden death--of his legendary interpretation of
> > Bach's masterpiece.


Bradley, do you know if the first two of these films are available on video?
Or did they get chopped up and edited into the various Sony laserdisc/video
series?  Just wondering.

jh