The Glenn Gould Edition - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
It's rather amazing today, when recordings of Bach'sWell-Tempered Clavierpractically fall of the shelves, to recall just how unusual it was back in the 1960s for a pianist to undertake to record this amazing work. It's probably fair to say that until Glenn Gould got his fingers around it, Bach's music was used for teaching purposes more than anything else. What Gould proves in this essential set is that Bach is decidedly not just a threat to hold over the head of budding pianists but a joy to listen to. One of Gould's very greatest recordings.--David Hurwitz