The Canadian pianist’s legacy is closely tied to his recordings of one of the great composer’s most complex and ambitious works. In 1955, an unknown, young Canadian pianist arrived at a recording ...

Tonight, I am listening to J.S. Bach's "Goldberg Variations" performed on piano by Geoffroy Couteau, released by La Dolce ...

Few classical recordings have aroused as much fascination as Glenn Gould’s 1981 take on Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations. Gould, whose first major-label recording was a classic 1955 account of the ...

Though Glenn Gould was Canadian to the core, he will always be linked with Washington in the history books. In 1955 he made his American debut at the Phillips Collection, a performance so ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations, which Olafsson recorded for Deutsche Grammophon and is touring this season, is “like a life cycle.” By David Allen ...