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A State of Wonder, Part Two: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Glenn Gould

I have two recordings of Glenn Gould playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations on the piano. The first was made in 1955, the year before I was born, and the second in 1981, shortly before the pianist’s death, the same… Read More

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 Posted on November 9, 2011 by

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A State of Wonder

In Sten Nadolny’s fine novel The Discovery of Slowness, the polar explorer John Franklin attends a recital of Beethoven sonatas on 9th May 1845. During the performance of the opus 111 sonata, “John felt he was actually meeting… Read More

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 Posted on August 22, 2011 by

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