Glenn Gould on Television: The Complete CBC Broadcasts, 1954-1977

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By the time he reached his mid-20s, Glenn Gould had changed the way the world listened to the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach. By the time of his al stroke in 1982, two days after he turned 50, this daring and visionary artist had successfully challenged many of the most cherished conventions of classical music. Now, for the first time, the dozens of film and television programs Gould made with the Canadian Broad casting Corporation from 1954 to 1977 are collected in their entirety in Glenn Gould on Television The Complete CBC Broadcasts. More than 19 hours of TV specials, concert performances, interviews and discussions collected on 10 DVDs make it possible to discover what Gould always considered some of his most significant and original life?s work, most of which has not been seen since it was first telecast. Includes: The Subject is Beethoven, Music in the USSR, Glenn Gould on Bach, Richard Strauss - A Personal View, The Anatomy of a Fugue, Anthology of Variation, Duo: Gould and Menuhin, all four Conversations with Glenn Gould films, The Idea of North, the four Music in Our Time programs, and more. 10 DVD set Total Running Time: 19 h 12 m Picture Format: 4:3 . NTSC . Color/BW Sound Format: Mono . LPCM Spoken Language: English DVD 1 1954 1974 Early TV performances and program excerpts (1954 1974) The Subject is Beethoven DVD 2 1962 Music in the U.S.S.R. Glenn Gould on Bach DVD 3 1962 & 1963 Richard Strauss A Personal View The Anatomy of the Fugue DVD 4 1964 & 1966 Anthology of Variation Duo Glenn Gould & Yehudi Menuhin DVD 5 1966 Conversations with Glenn Gould Humphrey Burton Interviews Bach & Beethoven DVD 6 1966 Conversations with Glenn Gould Humphrey Burton Interviews Schoenberg & R. Strauss DVD 7 1967 Music for a Sunday Afternoon Mozart & Beethoven The Canada Centennial Concert DVD 8 1970 The Idea of North a film by Judith Pearlman The Beethoven Bicentennial Concert DVD 9 1974 & 1975 Musicamera Music In Our Time The Age of Ecstasy: 1900 1910 The Flight from Order: 1910 1920 DVD 10 1975 & 1977 Musicamera Music In Our Time New Faces, Old Forms: 1920 1930 The Artist as Artisan: 1930 1940