Glenn Gould : The Goldberg Variations / 1981 Complete Sessions

Tracklist:

CD1:
1 Aria Take 1
2 "A great take"
3 Variation 1 Take 1
4 "Slightly too fast"
5 Variation 1 Take 2
6 "I like to do one more time"
7 Variation 1 Take 3
8 "I keep forgetting" - Cue - Short False Start - Long False Start
9 Variation 1 Take 4
10 ? "Now, that sounded great" - wrong feed
11 Variation 2 Take 1
12 "Not a bad take"
13 Variation 2 Take 2
14 "Damn it, there was a miss note" - Variation 2 Take 3: false start
15 Variation 2 Take 4
16 "There was a wow at the beginning of the second half"
17 Variation 2 Take 5
18 "The first half was not good" - Anouncement Take 6 - "Video wasn't ready" - Take 7 False Start
19 Variation 2 Take 7
20 "Okay? - That is great! - Okay!"
21 Variation 3 Take 1 - cut off
22 "Again, please"
23 Variation 3 Take 2 - cut off
24 "Don't like it"
25 Variation 3 Take 3
26 "I tried the fast version"
27 Variation 3 Take 4
28 "How about that?" - Preparation for next take
29 Variation 4 Take 1
30 ? "I forgot the goddam Ritard. dammit" - Discussion - Take 2, 3 and 4 all cut off
31 Variation 4 Take 5
32 "Tremendous"
33 Variation 4 Take 6
34 "Okay, we got a choice. Shall we take a look?" - Preparation for next take
35 Variation 6 Take 1
36 "Sorry, I'm very sorry, Glen" - Take 2: cut off
37 Variation 6 Take 3
38 "Not bad" - Take 4: cut off
39 Variation 6 Take 5 - left channel drop out
40 "That had loads of character"
41 Variation 6 Take 6
42 "How about that? - That's fabulous" - Preparation for next take - Take 1: 2 false starts
43 Variation 7 Take 1
44 "A wrong note near the end"
45 Variation 7 Take 2
46 "That was a hell of a good take" - Preparation for next take
47 Variation 9 Take 1 - cut off
48 "Oh, merde. Take 2, please"
49 Variation 9 Take 2
50 "Not a bad take. There was a wrong note in first half."
51 Variation 9 Take 3
52 "Sorry, I forgot the legato"
53 Variation 9 Take 4
54 "Also a good take" - Take 5: false start - "Let me just play the end of seven."
55 Variation 9 Take 5
56 "We got lots of choice." - Improvisation - Preparation for next take
57 Variation 10 Take 1
58 "There was a wrong note" - Preparation for next take
59 Variation 10 Take 2
60 "I seem to be incapable of doing..." - Rehearsal - Preparation for next take
61 Variation 10 Take 3
62 "A sloppy trill at the end" - Preparation for next take
63 Variation 10 Take 4
64 "This was gorgeous"
65 Variation 10 Take 5
66 "Too many little things" - Take 6: false start
67 Variation 10 Take 6
68 "Very good things except one trill that wasn't good" - Take 7: various false starts
69 Variation 10 Take 7
70 "Also very good"
71 Variation 10 Take 8
72 "Oh shit, I was going very well" - Take 9: cut off - preparation for next take
73 Variation 10 Take 9
74 "Sorry, sorry..."
75 Variation 10 Take 10
76 "We got lots of choice, Bruno."
CD2:
1 Rehearsal: Variation 11 - 2nd half - Preparation for next take - 2 false starts
2 Variation 11 Take 1
3 "I hope you got that"
4 Variation 11 Insert 1 Take 1 (2 attempts)
5 "That got it"
6 Variation 11 Insert 1 Take 2 (3 attempts)
7 "I'm not sure if the tempo was quite right on that one"
8 Variation 11 Insert 1 Take 3
9 "Well, I got the first two"
10 Variation 11 Insert 1 Take 4
11 "That felt great"
12 Variation 11 Insert 2 Take 1 (2 attempts)
13 "We got the spot" - Rehearsal / Improvisation
14 Variation 11 Insert 2 Take 2
15 "How about that one"
16 Variation 11 Insert 2 Take 3
17 "Okay, well we got..."
18 Variation 11 Insert 3 Take 1
19 "But it got the real spot"
20 Variation 11 Insert 3 Take 2
21 "That, I don't know about the level"
22 Variation 11 Insert 3 Take 3
23 "Alright, Glenn, we're one dB over now."
24 Variation 11 Insert 3 Take 4 (3 attempts)
25 "Now, Glenn, I'm sorry, we're down a little bit again"
26 Variation 11 Insert 3 Take 5
27 "I don't like the feel of the line"
28 Variation 11 Insert 3 Take 6 (5 attempts)
29 "You would like to turn on some more lights out here"
30 Variation 11 Insert 3 Take 7 (3 attempts)
31 "Not very smooth. One more time"
32 Variation 11 Insert 3 Take 8 (3 attempts)
33 "Once more"
34 Variation 11 Insert 3 Take 9
35 "The last bar was no good" - Rehearsal Variation 12
36 Variation 12 Take 1
37 "Bruno, there are a couple of wrong notes"
38 Variation 12 Take 2
39 "Sorry. It was going well until"
40 Variation 12 Take 3
41 Rehearsal - "Oh boy, great"
42 Variation 12 Take 4
43 "Sorry, once again"
44 Variation 12 Take 5
45 "Sorry, this is a very tough piece" - false start
46 Variation 12 Take 6
47 "Rather interesting, too."
48 Variation 12 Take 7
49 "Again, please"
50 Variation 12 Take 8
51 "One note missing at the end"
52 Variation 12 Insert 1 Take 1
53 "Once more, please, with the same feed."
54 Variation 12 Insert 1 Take 2
55 "How were the levels, Sam?"
56 Variation 12 Insert 1 Take 3
57 "Looked good, looked very good"
58 Variation 12 Insert 1 Take 4
59 "Okay? - Okay, good" - Preparation for next take
60 Variation 13 Take 1
61 "Once more, please! - Rehearsal
62 Variation 13 Take 2
63 "Oh this, that was so good!"
64 Variation 13 Insert 1 Take 1 (not listed in tape sheet!)
65 "How about that?" - Preparation for next take - false start
66 Variation 13 Take 3
67 ? "I know this is deliberate or not"
68 Variation 13 Take 4
69 "How about that." - Rehearsal
70 Variation 14 Take 1
71 "Not bad. About three wrong..."
72 Variation 14 Take 2
73 "With a fix for the last two bars"
74 Variation 15 Take 1
75 "This is glorious, Glenn." - Preparation for next take
76 Variation 15 Take 2
77 "I think there was some conversation here"
78 Variation 15 Take 3
79 "How about that? Can we come?"
CD3:
1 Preparation for next take
2 Variation 16 Take 1
3 "The first half was terrific"
4 Variation 16 Take 2 - cut off
5 "Once again" - Improvisation on J. S. Bach: Sarabande
6 Variation 16 Take 3
7 "The first half was no good" - Preparation for next take
8 Variation 16 Part II Take 1
9 "Oh shit, it was going well"
10 Variation 16 Part II Take 2
11 "A wrong note got in there" - Preperation for next take
12 Variation 16 Part II Insert 1 Take 1
13 "Once again"
14 Variation 16 Part II Insert 1 Take 2
15 "I keep doing that. Damn!"
16 Variation 16 Part II Insert 1 Take 3
17 "There was a wrong note, but I think we can fix it!"
18 Variation 16 Part II Insert 1 Take 4
19 "How about that? - That was absolutely clean" Preparation for next take
20 Variation 17 Take 1 - cut off
21 "Oh shit. The first half was good"
22 Variation 17 Take 2 - cut off
23 "Ha ha ha ha ha ha" - 2 false starts
24 Variation 17 Take 3
25 "How about that for a second? - Glorious!"
26 Variation 18 Take 1 - cut off
27 "Too many things" - Strike the ladder - Preparation for next take - false start
28 Variation 18 Take 2 - cut off
29 "Too many little things."
30 Variation 18 Take 3 - cut off
31 ? "Shit! I was doing wrong." Rehearsal /Waiting for video team
32 Variation 18 Take 4
33 "How about that? - Great absolutely perfect!" - Diskussion
34 Variation 18 Take 5 - cut off
35 "Again, please" - false start
36 Variation 18 Take 6
37 "I don't like the take particularly"
38 Variation 18 Take 7
39 "Okay, I still want to look at that one two back"
40 Variation 18 Take 8 - cut off
41 "Too many little things, but it was so good"
42 Variation 18 Take 9
43 "One note was not quite right" - false start
44 Variation 18 Take 10
45 "How about that? - Perfect!" - false start
46 Variation 8 Take 1
47 "You buy about three wrong notes"
48 Variation 3 (Remake) Take 1 - cut off
49 "Sorry, sorry, Glenn. I'm very, very sorry"
50 Variation 3 (Remake) Take 2 - 2 false starts - cut off
51 "Sorry again"
52 Variation 3 (Remake) Take 3
53 "How was that? - That was glorious!" - 2 false starts
54 Variation 3 (Remake) Take 4
55 "This was okay" - Preparation for next take - wrong feed
56 Variation 3 (Remake) Take 6
57 "Also very good" - GG goes to control room
58 Variation 1 Insert 1 Take 1
59 "How did that look?"
60 Variation 1 Insert 1 Take 2
61 " I thought maybe the level was a little less"
62 Variation 1 Insert 1 Take 3
63 "I want just one more" - technical problems with feed
64 Variation 1 Insert 1 Take 6
65 "It's still a little bit soft"
66 Variation 1 Insert 1 Take 7
67 "Okay, I'm sure one of those is gonna match"
68 Variation 1 Insert 1 Take 8 (4 attempts)
69 "How are we doing?"
70 Variation 1 Insert 1 Take 9
71 "That's it! - That's it?"
72 Variation 1 Insert 1 Take 10
73 "Okay? We've got a choice"
74 Variation 2 Insert 1 Take 1
75 "How was that? - It sounded quite nice"
76 Variation 2 Insert 1 Take 2
77 "How about that? - Beautiful"
78 Variation 2 Insert 1 Take 3
79 "I think that was a little closer in mood towards the end" - Preparation for next take
80 Variation 4 Insert 1 Take 1 (2 attempts)
81 "How did that look? - It's very good."
82 Variation 4 Insert 1 Take 2
83 "That was a very good"
84 Variation 4 Insert 1 Take 3
85 "Et cetera. How was that?"
86 Variation 4 Insert 2 Take 1
87 "How was that?"
88 Variation 4 Insert 2 Take 2
89 "How did that look? - The level is fine on that, Glenn"
90 Variation 4 Insert 2 Take 3
91 "How was that looking? - Beautiful."
92 Variation 4 Insert 2 Take 4
93 "I think we got pretty good choice"
CD4:
1 Announcement of next take
2 Variation 6 Insert 1 Take 1
3 Tape 9B: Announcement of next take
4 Variation 6 Insert 1 Take 2
5 "No quite clean at the end"
6 Variation 6 Insert 1 Take 3 (3 attempts)
7 "That was a good one"
8 Variation 6 Insert 1 Take 4 (5 attempts)
9 "Not in love with the way I'm doing the endings"
10 Variation 6 Insert 1 Take 5 (3 attempts)
11 "I think we've got a very good choice" - Problems with feed - Rehearsal
12 Variation 7 insert 1 Take (4 attempts)
13 "It is very difficult"
14 Variation 7 Insert 1 Take 2 (4 attempts) - GG keeps on playing until mid of second part
15 "Okay, the later trills were not good"
16 Variation 7 Insert 1 Take 3 (with 1 false start)
17 "Okay, that one definitely got a very good opening"
18 Variation 7 Insert 1 Take 4 (3 attempts)
19 "Okay, we've got the opening for sure" - Preparation for next take
20 Variation 7 Insert 2 Take 1
21 "That was very good for us" - Notes on the tape
22 Variation 7 Insert 3 Take 1 (4 attempts)
23 "A very interesting take" - Preparation for next take
24 Variation 7 Insert 4 Take 1
25 "How was that? - I don't know..."
26 Variation 7 Insert 4 Take 2
27 "Was that too light, also?"
28 Variation 7 Insert 4 Take 3
29 "Okay, we've got lots of choice there" - Preparation for next take - Annoucement Insert 5 Take 1 (not played) - Improvisation
30 Variation 7 Insert 5 Take 2
31 "No good. Once more, please."
32 Variation 7 Insert 5 Take 3
33 "I'm quite confidend that I did the line differently"
34 Variation 7 Insert 5 Take 4 (2 attempts)
35 "That certainly got the trill"
36 Variation 7 Insert 5 Take 5
37 "I think that was quite good."
38 Variation 9 Insert 1 Take 1
39 "How did that look?"
40 Variation 9 Insert 1 Take 2
41 "How was that? - It was very good, but it's still a little too loud"
42 Variation 9 Insert 1 Take 3
43 "I buy that one"
44 Variation 9 Insert 1 Take 4
45 "How about that? - Good, very good!" - Preparation for next take
46 Variation 9 Insert 2 Take 1
47 "I forgot to give you a level test" - Level test
48 Variation 9 Insert 2 Take 2
49 "How about that? - Fine. That's it."
50 Variation 9 Insert 2 Take 3
51 "I think we've got a very good choice there. - Fine." - Preparation for next take
52 Variation 10 Insert 1 Take 1
53 "About right?"
54 Variation 10 Insert 1 Take 2 (5 attempts)
55 "I think several of those..."
56 Variation 10 Insert 2 - soft Pedal down - Take 1 (4 attempts)
57 "That was clean. I don't know, if the levels were any good."
58 Variation 10 Insert 2 - soft Pedal down - Take 2 (3 attempts)
59 "Okay - Good" - Level test
60 Variation 10 Insert 2 - soft Pedal up - Take 1
61 "How was that - I think that's just fine"
62 Variation 10 Insert 2 - soft Pedal up - Take 2
63 "I think that was good - Beautiful."
64 Variation 10 Insert 2 - soft Pedal up - Take 3
65 "That felt good to me." - Preparation for next take
66 Variation 10 Insert 3 Take 1
67 "It was okay as long as we just use the last bar itself."
68 Variation 10 Insert 3 Take 2
69 "You know something? This one is gonna be really tough"
70 Variation 10 Insert 3 Take 3
71 "How did that sound? - Alright..."
72 Variation 10 Insert 3 Take 4 (3 attempts)
73 "I think we got... - That will surely do it." - Preparation for next take - Problems with feed
74 Variation 12 Insert 1 Take 1
75 "The second one was very good."
76 Variation 12 Insert 1 Take 2 (6 attempts)
77 "I see why I'm doing that funny additional b in the bass"
78 Variation 12 Insert 1 Take 3 (with 1 false start)
79 "That was pretty good"
80 Variation 12 Insert 1 Take 4 (with 1 false start)
81 "That's it."
82 Variation 12 Insert 2 Take 1
83 "No discernible improvement"
84 Variation 12 Insert 2 Take 2
85 "That was very good."
86 Variation 12 Insert 2 Take 3 (with 1 false start)
87 "That was very good, that first half."
CD5:
1 Preparation for next take
2 Variation 13 Insert 1 Take 1
3 "How about that one? - I think you got them both"
4 Variation 13 Insert 1 Take 2 (2 attempts)
5 "Not as good..." - Level test
6 Variation 13 Insert 2 Take 1
7 "I'm not sure that that got the right rhythm at all"
8 Variation 13 Insert 2 Take 2 (4 attempts)
9 "Once again, please."
10 Variation 13 Insert 2 Take 3 (2 attempts)
11 "Once more."
12 Variation 13 Insert 2 Take 4
13 "I think we got a choice."
14 Variation 13 Insert 1 Take 3
15 "Oh, that has been so well"
16 Variation 13 Insert 1 Take 4
17 "That's good!"
18 Variation 14 Insert 1 Take 1 (4 attempts)
19 "We got it. It was a little timid at first"
20 Variation 14 Insert 1 Take 2 (2 attempts)
21 "It was quite good"
22 Variation 14 Insert 1 Take 3
23 "That was great! It was exactly even."
24 Variation 14 Insert 1 Take 4
25 "Aha! Got everything except the last bar."
26 Variation 14 Insert 2 Take 1
27 "Well I think it bussed a little bit at the end"
28 Variation 14 Insert 3 for Recording Take 1 (2 attempts)
29 "I think, that got... - I believe so"
30 Variation 14 Insert 3 for Recording Take 2
31 "If we want to cut"
32 Variation 14 Insert 3 for Video Take 1 (3 attempts)
33 "The last note isn't totally together" - Discussion
34 Variation 14 Insert 3 for Video Take 2
35 "How was that? - Fine."
36 Variation 14 Insert 3 for Video Take 3
37 "Okay? - Good."
38 Variation 14 Insert 3 for Video Take 4
39 "Okay, they've got a choice."
40 Variation 16 Insert 1 Take 1
41 "How were the levels?"
42 Variation 16 Insert 1 Take 2
43 "Glenn, I'm sorry, that's no good..."
44 Variation 16 Insert 1 Take 3
45 "That was very interesting" - Level test
46 Variation 17 Insert 1 Take 1 (5 attempts)
47 "Got it, I think"
48 Variation 17 Insert 1 Take 2 (4 attempts)
49 "Both of those last two got it..." - Level test - Preparation for next take
50 Variation 17 Insert 2 Take 2 (2 attempts / aborted)
51 "Oh shit, you have to ..."
52 Variation 17 Insert 2 Take 3 (4 attempts)
53 "Oh god, this piece..." - Rehearsal
54 Variation 17 Insert 2 Take 4
55 "Oh no, I'm getting..." - Rehearsal
56 Variation 17 Insert 2 Take 5 (5 attempts)
57 "That almost got it"
58 Variation 17 Insert 2 Take 6
59 "Got it! - Good."
60 Variation 17 Insert 2 Take 7 (3 attempts)
61 "That got the notes again"
62 Variation 17 Insert 2 Take 8 (5 attempts)
63 "Okay, we got another one"
64 Variation 17 Insert 2 Take 9 (10 attempts)
65 "Ah, shit. We've got it some place in there" - Level test - Takes 1 and 2 not played
66 Variation 17 Insert 3 Take 3 (3 attempts)
67 "How was that? - That was pretty good."
68 Variation 17 Insert 3 Take 4
69 "There was a wrong note towards the end"
70 Variation 17 Insert 3 Take 5 (4 attempts)
71 "Okay, we got two"
72 Variation 17 Insert 2 Take 10 (8 attempts)
73 "Give me the tempo one more time, please."
74 Variation 17 Insert 2 Take 11 (10 attempts)
75 "We got two or three in there..."
76 Variation 8 Insert 1 Take 1
77 "Okay, we got it?"
78 Variation 8 Insert 1 Take 2
79 "Too much accent on that one"
80 Variation 8 Insert 1 Take 3
81 "Well, we certainly got it" - Preperation for next take - level test
82 Variation 8 Insert 2 Take 1
83 "That was very good, for all of it"
84 Variation 8 Insert 2 Take 2
85 "Terrific - We got it."
86 Variation 8 Insert 3 Take 1
87 "One more time, with the feed again"
88 Variation 8 Insert 3 Take 2 (7 attempts)
89 "I think we got it in all perspective"
CD6:
1 Annoucement of next take
2 Variation 19 Take 1
3 "Once again, please" - 3 false starts
4 Variation 19 Take 2 - aborted
5 "Oh god - Take three" - 1 false start
6 Variation 19 Take 3
7 "I want to see both one and three and let's do it again"
8 Variation 19 Take 4 - aborted
9 "Five"
10 Variation 19 Take 5
11 "I think that's it, Bruno"
12 Variation 19 Take 6
13 "Okay, we've got a choice"
14 Variation 19 Take 7
15 "We got a choice."
16 Variation 21 Take 1
17 "That's the take, folks"
18 Variation 22 Take 1 (with interruption)
19 "Hell of a good take!"
20 Variation 22 Take 2
21 "A low note, the low G was wrong..."
22 Variation 22 Take 3
23 "How about that? - Bravo!" - 2 false starts
24 Variation 22 Take 4 - aborted
25 "Don't like it. One more time"
26 Variation 22 Take 5 - aborted
27 "That's enough of that" - Problems with feed - 1 false start
28 Variation 22 Insert 1 Take 1
29 "That got both of them" - Still problems with feed
30 Variation 22 Insert 1 Take 2
31 "We got it - I'm sure" - Preparation for next take - Improvisation - 2 false starts
32 Variation 23 Take 1
33 "How about that?" - 3 false starts
34 Variation 23 Take 2
35 "Oh shit, it was going very well" - 1 false start
36 Variation 23 Take 3
37 "I messed up the last bar..."
38 Variation 23 Take 4
39 "We got another last bar, that but all we got"
40 Variation 23 Insert 1 Take 1
41 "Let's do another one"
42 Variation 23 Insert 1 Take 2
43 "That was very good"
44 Variation 23 Insert 1 Take 3
45 "One more time."
46 Variation 23 Insert 1 Take 4 (4 attempts)
47 "Did I hear some extremeous noise in there?"
48 Variation 23 Insert 1 Take 5
49 "Once more"
50 Variation 23 Insert 1 Take 6
51 "Okay, we got lots of choice."
52 Variation 23 Insert 2 Take 1 (2 attempts)
53 "Damnation"
54 Variation 23 Insert 2 Take 2
55 "Don't know why I go on beyond bar 30"
56 Variation 23 Insert 2 Take 3 (3 attempts)
57 "It sort of got it, but it was very timid"
58 Variation 23 Insert 2 Take 4
59 ? "Privid"
60 Variation 23 Insert 2 Take 5 (1 false start)
61 "I forgot what I was doing"
62 Variation 23 Insert 2 Take 6 (2 attempts)
63 "Okay, that made it sound just awkward enough."
64 Variation 24 Take 1 (GG plays into Variation 25 until mid of bar 6)
65 "Okay - Thank you, Glenn."
66 Variation 24 Take 2 - aborted
67 "We'll have to do a second half"
68 Variation 24 Take 3
69 Variation 25 (coming from previous take)
70 "Thank you, Glenn. I think you got both variations in the can."
CD7:
1 Annoucement of next take - May 13th
2 Variation 25 Insert 1 Take 1
3 "How was that, Richard?"
4 Variation 25 Insert 1 Take 2
5 "How about that one? - Perfect"
6 Variation 25 Insert 1 Take 3
7 "Oh god, Bruno, I would love to do another take"
8 Variation 26 Take 1
9 "I knew I was gonna mess up this ending"
10 Variation 26 Take 2 - aborted
11 "Sorry, it was going very well"
12 Variation 26 Take 3 - aborted
13 "I'm getting a block about it"
14 Variation 26 Take 4 - aborted
15 "We may have to run to some other variation..."
16 Variation 26 Take 5 - aborted
17 "Yeah, I'm not kidding, folks"
18 Variation 26 Take 6 - aborted
19 "Okay, we will leave this for later"
20 Variation 26 Take 7
21 "We got most of it"
22 Variation 26 Take 8 - aborted; Announcement "Nine."
23 Variation 26 Take 9 - aborted
24 ? "Now I'm getting the bug in the first tape right."
25 Variation 26 Take 10 - aborted; Announcement "Eleven."
26 Variation 26 Take 11 - aborted
27 "Yes, we may have to come and look at the one that we finally got through on"
28 Variation 26 Take 12 - aborted; Announcement "This is take thirteen.
29 Variation 26 Take 13 - aborted
30 "Let's look at the one that we sort of got through" - 1 false start
31 Variation 26 Take 14 - aborted
32 "We got the two places we wanted and nothing else"
33 Variation 26 Take 15 - aborted
34 "Once again, we got the two places we wanted"
35 Variation 27 Take 1
36 "How about that? - Wonderful, wonderful" - 1 false start
37 Variation 27 Take 2 - aborted
38 "Don't like it. Once again, please."
39 Variation 27 Take 3
40 "I don't like it. Once more." - 1 false start
41 Variation 27 Take 4
42 "That was very good, except I had one wrong note about six bars from the end.
43 Variation 27 Insert 1 Take 1 (3 attempts)
44 "Could we have you reposition..."
45 Variation 27 Insert 1 Take 2 (3 attempts)
46 "I'm sorry. - Insert 1 take 3" - 1 false start
47 Variation 27 Insert 1 Take 3
48 "Not bad. Let me try one more" - 1 false start
49 Variation 27 Insert 1 Take 4
50 "Okay, we've got..." - 1 false start
51 Variation 28 Take 1
52 "God, that is a silly piece"
53 Variation 28 Take 2
54 "How about that? - That's lovely" - 2 false starts
55 Variation 28 Take 3
56 "I kept going on in case I covered something"
57 Variation 28 Take 4
58 "That also covered some things"
59 Variation 28 Insert 1 Take 1
60 "That got the specific thing, I think."
61 Variation 28 Insert 1 Take 2
62 "Almost got to the third "
63 Variation 28 Insert 2 Take 1
64 "I seem determine to mess up levels
65 Variation 28 Insert 2 Take 2
66 "We need nothing..."
67 Variation 28 Insert 3 Take 1 (3 attempts)
68 "That was pretty good. - Excellent!"
69 Variation 28 Insert 3 Take 2 (2 attempts)
70 "Okay? - Bravo!"
71 Variation 29 Take 1
72 "A couple of wrong notes, but it got most of the things, Bruno" - 1 false start
73 Variation 29 Take 2
74 "Sorry, I forgot about the non-connection..."
75 Variation 29 Insert 1 Take 1 (2 attempts)
76 Variation 30 (coming from previous take - without take number)
77 "Thank you very much, this is beautiful" - 1 false start
78 Variation 29 Insert 1 Take 2
79 "Okay, that's enough."
80 Variation 29 Insert 2 Take 1 (2 attempts)
81 Variation 30 (coming from previous take - without take number - aborted during repetition of first part)
82 "Enough of that."
83 Variation 29 Insert 2 Take 2 (3 attempts)
84 Variation 30 (coming from previous take - without take number)
85 "Once more over insert 2"
86 Variation 29 Insert 2 Take 3 (2 attempts)
87 Variation 30 (coming from previous take - without take number)
88 "Okay? - Thank you, Glenn."
CD8:
1 Announcement
2 Aria da capo Take 1
3 "Thank you, Glenn. I think that this is glorious."
4 Aria da capo Insert 1 Take 1
5 "Don't like the phrasing of it..."
6 Aria da capo Insert 1 Take 2
7 "Another... I think that was good!"
8 Aria da capo Insert 2 Take 1
9 "I don't like the last eight bars..."
10 Aria da capo Insert 2 Take 2
11 "Not bad. - That sounded great!" - Preparation for next take
12 Variation 20 Take 1
13 "I never promised you it's gonna be easy."
14 Variation 20 Take 2 - Glenn Gould announces "Take three"
15 Variation 20 Take 3
16 "Take four in a moment"
17 Variation 20 Take 4
18 "How about that? - Great"
19 Variation 20 Take 5 - Annoucement "Take six"
20 Variation 20 Take 6 - Annoucement "Seven"
21 Variation 20 Take 7 - Annoucement "Eight"
22 Variation 20 Take 8 - Annoucement "Nine"
23 Variation 20 Take 9
24 "It got the last section"
25 Variation 20 Take 10
26 "Unfortunately it had some wrong notes..."
27 Variation 20 Take 11
28 "The first half of that was very good"
29 Variation 5 Take 1
30 "Basically we got the first eight bars and the last eight bars" - 2 false starts
31 Variation 5 Take 2
32 "How about that? It's getting close."
33 Variation 5 Take 3
34 "Almost everything"
35 Variation 5 Take 4
36 "Finally got the first four bars bang on."
37 Variation 5 Take 5
38 "We finally got everything."
39 Variation 26 Insert 1 Take 1
40 "How did that look?"
41 Variation 26 Insert 1 Take 2 (2 attempts)
42 "How about that? - That looks very close."
43 Variation 27 Insert 1 Take 1
44 "How did that look? - That looked very good."
45 Variation 27 Insert 1 Take 2 (2 attempts)
46 "How was that looking? - Okay, fine."
47 Variation 27 Insert 1 Take 3
48 "I think we got them"
49 Variation 27 Insert 2 Take 1
50 "We got the second half, too, basically." - annoucement take 2 (not played)
51 Variation 27 Insert 2 Take 3 (restart at beginning of 2nd half)
52 "That last note keeps defeating me"
53 Variation 27 Insert 3 Take 1
54 "Okay, I think we should come and listen"
55 Variation 29 Insert 1 Take 1 (2 attempts)
56 "It was perfect for the bar that we needed"
57 Variation 29 Insert 1 Take 2
58 "That was as clean as anything can be"
59 Variation 24 Remake Take 1
60 "I don't like it too much"
61 Variation 24 Remake Take 2 (2 attempts)
62 "Despite one wrong note near the end..."
63 Variation 24 Remake Take 3 (2 attempts)
64 "Not quite together at the end"
65 Variation 24 Remake Take 4
66 "Was that any better?"
67 Variation 24 Remake Take 5
68 "I know that wasn't any better"
69 Variation 24 Remake Take 6
70 "Not good voicing at the end"
71 Variation 24 Remake Take 7
72 "That got it as best as I can possibly do it"
73 Variation 24 Remake Take 8
74 "Well, that had a certain charme..."
75 Variation 24 Remake Take 9
76 "How did that sound? - That sounded very nice, Glenn."
77 Variation 24 Remake Take 10 (4 attempts)
78 "It's getting silly, I'm gonna try it tomorrow"
79 Variation 30 Remake Take 1
80 "Again - Take two"
81 Variation 30 Remake Take 2
82 "Not a bad take - Very good." - false starts
83 Variation 30 Remake Take 3
84 "Okay? - I liked that one very much, Glenn"
85 Aria Remake Take 1
86 "The piano is hiccuping, I'm afraid."
87 Aria Remake Take 2
88 "A lot of very good things."
89 Aria Remake Take 3
90 "Well, can't do any better under the circumstances it is hiccuping."
CD9:
1 "Let me just clean my glasses for a second here."
2 Aria 2nd Remake Take 1 - aborted
3 "Glenn, I'm sorry, we heard, we had noise from outside..."
4 Aria 2nd Remake Take 1 (with restart in bar 25)
5 "How was that? - That's very good, Glenn"
6 Aria 2nd Remake Take 2 (with 2 restarts in bar 21)
7 "How about that? - That's lovely"
8 Aria 2nd Remake Take 3 (with restart in bar 16)
9 "That had a beautiful opening" - 1 false start
10 Aria 2nd Remake Take 4
11 "I cannot do it any better than that." - Preparation for next take - 1 false star
12 Aria 2nd Remake Take 5
13 "How about that for a stylish Aria?" - Preparation - 2 false starts
14 Aria 2nd Remake Take 6
15 "How about that? - That's very fine."
16 Aria da capo Insert 1 Take 1
17 "How is the tempo?"
18 Aria da capo Insert 1 Take 2
19 "How about that? - That just may be the whole thing."
20 Variation 25 Remake Take 1 (2 restarts in bar 7 and 1 restart in bar 13) - aborted
21 "No, I don't like it."
22 Variation 25 Remake Take 2
23 "How about that? - That's a very beautiful take, Glenn"
24 Variation 25 Remake Take 3 (restart in bar 16)
25 "What was the timing on that one?" - Announcement Var. 20, Ins 1, Take 1 (not played)
26 Variation 20 Insert 1 Take 2 (9 attempts)
27 "Did they look in the right..."
28 Aria da capo Insert into Insert 1 Take 2 - Take 1 (2 attempts)
29 "The specific spot was fine..."
30 Aria da capo Insert into Insert 1 Take 2 - Take 2
31 "Okay, I'm not persuaded that the..."
32 Aria da capo Insert into Insert 1 Take 2 - Take 3 (2 attempts)
33 "We got them in all shapes"
CD10:
1 Annoucement Variation 25, Insert 1, for bar 7-12, Take 1
2 Variation 25 Insert 1 Take 1 (2 attempts)
3 "Until the hiccup this was absolutely gorgeous"
4 Variation 25 Insert 1 Take 2 (2 attempts)
5 "I better have another feed."
6 Variation 25 Insert 1 Take 3 (2 attempts)
7 "Well, I think we've got it."
8 Variation 25 Insert 2 Take 1
9 "Again, please" - Rehearsal
10 Variation 25 Insert 2 Take 2
11 "Oh, sh.. Well, we got the first one."
12 Variation 25 Insert 3 Take 1
13 "I thought I give you one of the big climax once"
14 Variation 25 Insert 3 Take 2 (2 attempts)
15 "That was certainly good at the spot"
16 Variation 25 Insert 3 Take 3
17 "I think that one may turn out to be the one that saves us"
18 Variation 5 Insert 1 Take 1 (3 attempts)
19 "That got the hiccup note, too"
20 Variation 5 Insert 1 Take 2 (2 attempts)
21 "That certainly felt very close."
22 Variation 5 Insert 1 Take 3 (2 attempts)
23 "Okay, you got one till the end"
24 Variation 24 Remake Insert for 2nd half Take 1 (3 attempts)
25 "This piano is not made for such things"
26 Variation 24 Remake Insert for 2nd half Take 2 (3 attempts)
27 "That had a very good beginning"
28 Variation 24 Remake Insert for 2nd half Take 3 (2 attempts)
29 "I think that got it" - Trouble with feed
30 Variation 24 Remake Insert for 2nd half Take 4 (3 attempts)
31 "Okay, this one was"
32 Variation 24 Remake Insert for 2nd half Take 5
33 "Well, I think the one two back is still it."
34 Variation 10 Remake Insert 1 Take 1
35 "I had forgotten how fast I played it"
36 Variation 10 Remake Insert 1 Take 2 (2 attempts)
37 "How did that sound? - Sounds good"
38 Variation 10 Remake Insert 1 Take 3 (4 attempts)
39 "One more time, please."
40 Variation 10 Remake Insert 1 Take 4 (2 attempts)
41 "That got it very, very..." - Rehearsal - Preparation for next take
42 Variation 10 Remake Insert 2 Take 1
43 "It sounded good - Fine"
44 Variation 10 Remake Insert 2 Take 2
45 "Okay, we got a choice - Very good"
46 Variation 10 Remake Insert 3 Take 1
47 "You know, that felt a little bit fast to me"
48 Variation 10 Remake Insert 3 Take 2
49 "I think one thing you're hearing is ..."
50 Variation 10 Remake Insert 3 Take 3
51 "Very good - Okay?" - Annoucement of next take missing
52 Variation 10 Remake Insert 3 Take 4
53 "Okay, that is as loud as I would have played it"
54 Variation 14 Insert 1 Take 1 (4 attempts)
55 "That's too slow.
56 Variation 14 Insert 1 Take 2 (3 attempts)
57 "Some place in there we got it"
58 Variation 14 Insert 1 for CBS Take 1 (2 attempts)
59 "You know something, I should have been coming out of 1-4 for CBS"
60 Variation 14 Insert 1 for CBS Take 2
61 "Okay - Good"
62 Variation 25 Remake Insert 1 Take 1
63 "Yes, Sam - Yes"
64 Variation 25 Remake Insert 1 Take 2
65 "Okay, I think that one got the thing"
66 Variation 25 Remake Insert 1 Take 3
67 "Okay, I think we have a choice"
68 Variation 25 Remake Insert 2 Take 1
69 "That certainly got what we're looking for"
70 Variation 25 Remake Insert 2 Take 2 (2 attempts)
71 "Well, we got another one"
72 Variation 25 Remake Insert 2 Take 3 (2 attempts)
73 "How about that? - A very dramatic ending"
74 Variation 8 Remake Insert Take 1
75 "Believe it or not..."
76 Variation 8 Remake Insert Take 2 (2 attempts)
77 "Ya, well, we got the bars again"
78 Variation 8 Remake Insert Take 3 (3 attempts)
79 "Ya, I'll do it one more time"
80 Variation 8 Remake Insert Take 4
81 "Not bad, considering I have..."
82 Variation 8 Remake Insert Take 5 (2 attempts)
83 "We got the bars, finally we got the bars"
84 Variation 8 Remake Insert Take 6 (7 attempts)
85 "Okay, between all these things..."
CD11:
1 Aria
2 Variation 1 a 1 Clav.
3 Variation 2 a 1 Clav.
4 Variation 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all'Unisono
5 Variation 4 a 1 Clav.
6 Variation 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
7 Variation 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda
8 Variation 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
9 Variation 8 a 2 Clav.
10 Variation 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza
11 Variation 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta
12 Variation 11 a 2 Clav.
13 Variation 12 Canone alla Quarta
14 Variation 13 a 2 Clav.
15 Variation 14 a 2 Clav.
16 Variation 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta. Andante
17 Variation 16 a 1 Clav. Overture
18 Variation 17 a 2 Clav.
19 Variation 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta
20 Variation 19 a 1 Clav.
21 Variation 20 a 2 Clav.
22 Variation 21 Canone alla Settima
23 Variation 22 a 1 Clav. alla breve
24 Variation 23 a 2 Clav.
25 Variation 24 Canone all' Ottava a 1 Clav.
26 Variation 25 a 2 Clav.
27 Variation 26 a 2 Clav.
28 Variation 27 a 2 Clav. Canone alla Nona
29 Variation 28 a 2 Clav.
30 Variation 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
31 Variation 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
32 Aria da capo