Beethoven / Glenn Gould, 1976: Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2 - CBS Masterworks M2 35911

Allegro vivace (0:00) Largo appassionato (7:49) Scherzo: Allegretto (16:26) Rondo: Grazioso (18:57) Bach English Suites: Bach French Suites: Bach Partitas: Bach Toccatas: Haydn: Last Six Piano Sonatas: Glenn Gould (25 September 1932 – 4 October 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. He was among the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th century, renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach. His playing was distinguished by remarkable technical proficiency and a capacity to articulate the contrapuntal texture of Bach’s music. Gould rejected most of the Romantic pian