Bach: Concertos, Partitas etc

No point in arguing further about Gould’s Bach playing, not to mention his continuous vocal accompaniment. Even if you have many doubts, it is a major educational experience, and utterly individual. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:04 pm

COMPOSERS: Bach
LABELS: Sony BMG
ALBUM TITLE: JS Bach
WORKS: Concertos, Partitas etc
PERFORMER: Glenn Gould (piano) (1960)
CATALOGUE NO: 88697 00814 2

No point in arguing further about Gould’s

Bach playing, not to mention his continuous vocal accompaniment. Even if you have many doubts, it is a major educational experience, and utterly individual. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.