Glenn Gould discography

The following is a chronological list of the major-label studio recordings made by the Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould. In his lifetime, the vast majority of Gould's albums were published by Columbia Masterworks (later CBS Masterworks). In 1988, Sony purchased CBS Records Group, and Sony Classical Records reissued dozens of albums over at least a decade as the "Glenn Gould Edition", which included previously unreleased material. After the Glenn Gould Edition, Sony has released many other albums of the same recordings in various guises. In 2015, Sony Classical released an 81-CD remastered boxed set, The Complete Columbia Album Collection.

Some live recordings or radio broadcasts have been released by small labels or the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, with very little live performance ever published by Columbia or Sony. (Gould, of course, gave up concert performance early, in 1964.)

Gould also has an extensive bibliography of television and radio performance, documentary, and music discussion.

Columbia Masterworks/CBS Masterworks: 1956–1984

This Columbia Masterworks discography is believed to be complete.

Year of Issue Title Recorded Label, serial number
1956 Bach: The Goldberg Variations June 10–16, 1955 in CBS 30th Street Studio Columbia Masterworks, ML 5060
1956 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30–32 June 20–29, 1956 in CBS 30th Street Studio Columbia Masterworks, ML 5130
1957 Bach: Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 & Beethoven: Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19

(with Leonard Bernstein & Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

 April 9–11, 1957 and April 30, 1957 in CBS 30th Street Studio Columbia Masterworks, ML 5211
External audio
audio icon You may hear Glenn Gould performing Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major, Op. 19 Here on archive.org
1957 Bach: Partitas Nos. 5 & 6; Fugues in F-sharp minor and E major Columbia Masterworks, ML 5186
1958 Haydn: Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major; Mozart: Sonata No. 10 in C major, K.330; Fantasia and Fugue in C major, K.394 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5274
1958 Beethoven: Concerto No. 1 in C major; Bach: Concerto No. 5 in F minor

(with Vladimir Golschmann & Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5298, MS 6017
1959 Berg: Sonata for Piano, Op. 1; Schoenberg: Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11; Krenek: Sonata No. 3 for Piano, Op. 92, No. 4 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5336
1960 Gould: String Quartet No. 1
  • String Quartet in F minor, Op. 1

(performed by Symphonia Quartet)

 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5578, MS 6178
1960 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

(with Leonard Bernstein & Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5418, MS 6096
1960 Bach: Italian Concerto in F major & Partita Nos. 1 & 2 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5472, MS 6141
1961 Brahms: 10 Intermezzi Columbia Masterworks, ML 5637, MS 6237
1961 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

(with Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic)

 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5662, MS 6262
1962 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 & Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Op. 42 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5739, MS 6339
1962 Bach: The Art of the Fugue, Volume I

(played on organ)

 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5738, MS 6338
1962 Strauss: Enoch Arden (Tennyson), Op. 38

(with Claude Rains, speaker)

 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5741, MS 6341
1963 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Volume I, BWV 846–853 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5739, MS 6339
1963 Bach: Partitas 3 & 4, Toccata 7 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5898, MS 6498
1964 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Volume 2, BWV 854–861 Columbia Masterworks, ML 5938, MS 6538
1964 Bach: Two and Three Part Inventions, BWV 772–801 (Inventions & Sinfonias) March 18 & 19, 1964 in CBS 30th Street Studio Columbia Masterworks, ML 6022, MS 6622
1965 Beethoven: Sonatas No. 5-7, Op. 10, No. 1-3 Columbia Masterworks, ML 6086, MS 6686
1965 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Volume 3, BWV 862–869 Columbia Masterworks, ML 6176, MS 6776
1966 The Music of Arnold Schoenberg, Vol. IV Columbia Masterworks, M2L 336
1966 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

(with Leopold Stokowski & American Symphony Orchestra)

 Columbia Masterworks, ML 6288, MS 6888
1967 Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano No. 8-10, Op. 13 "Pathétique", Op. 14, No. 1 & 2 Columbia Masterworks, ML 6345, MS 6945
1967 Bach: Three Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1054, 1056 & 1058
  • Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D major, BWV 1054
  • Concerto for harpsichord and strings in F minor, BWV 1056 (originally released in 1958 on ML 5298/MS 6017)
  • Concerto for harpsichord and strings in G minor, BWV 1058

(with Vladimir Golschmann & Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

 Columbia Masterworks, ML 6401
1967 Canadian Music in the XXth Century CBS Masterworks, 32 11 0045/32 11 0046
1967 The Music of Arnold Schoenberg, Vol. VII
  • Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello, Opus 45 (performed by members of the Juilliard Quartet)
  • Ode to Napoleon Buoanaparte, Opus 41 (with Juilliard String Quartet/John Horton, speaker)
  • Variations on a Recitative, Opus 40 (performed by Marilyn Mason, organ)
  • Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Opus 47 (with Israel Baker, violin)
  • Theme and Variations, Opus 43B (performed by Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra)
 Columbia Masterworks, M2L 367
1968 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (Transcribed for Piano by Franz Liszt) Columbia Masterworks, MS 7095
1968 Bach: The Goldberg Variations June 10–16, 1955 in CBS 30th Street Studio, rechanneled for stereo 1968 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7096
1968 The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7097
1968 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Volume I, BWV 870–877 August 8, 1966; January 24, 1967; February 20, 1967 in CBS 30th Street Studio Columbia Masterworks, MS 7099
1968 Glenn Gould: Concert Dropout – In Conversation with John McClure
  • The Concert Is Dead
  • The Only Excuse For Recording Is To Do It Differently
  • The Great Get-Sibelius Plot Exposed
  • A Live Audience Is A Great Liability
  • Petula Clark's Songs Are In The Post-Mendelssohn Tradition
  • Why I Sing Along
  • Electronic Music Is The Future

(John McClure, interviewer)

 Columbia Masterworks, BS 15 (bonus disc released with MS 7095)
1969 Scriabin: Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 & Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7173
1969 The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7274
1969 Bach: Keyboard Concertos, Vol. II
  • Concerto for harpsichord and strings in E major, BWV 1053
  • Concerto for harpsichord and strings in A major, BWV 1055

(with Vladimir Golschmann & Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7294
1969 Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat; Piano Quartet in E Flat; The Three String Quartets
  • Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1 (performed by Juilliard String Quartet)
  • Quartet in F Major, Op. 41, No. 2 (performed by Juilliard String Quartet)
  • Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3 (Performed by Juilliard String Quartet)
  • Quintet for Piano and Strings in E♭ Major, Op. 44 (performed by Leonard Bernstein, piano/Juilliard String Quartet)
  • Quartet for Piano and Strings in E♭ Major, Op. 47 (with members of the Juilliard String Quartet)
 Columbia Masterworks, D3S 806
1970 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Volume II, BWV 878–885 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7409
1970 Glenn Gould Plays Beethoven Sonatas Nos. 8, 14 & 23 Columbia Masterworks, MS 7413
1970 Beethoven: Variations for Piano Columbia Masterworks, M 30080
1971 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Volume III, BWV 886–893 Columbia Masterworks, MS 30537
1971 A Consort of Musicke bye William Byrde and Orlando Gibbons
  • Byrd: The Firste Pavian; The Galliarde to the Firste Pavian; Pavana the Sixte Kinbrugh Goodd; The Galliarde to the Sixte Pavian; Hughe Ashtons Grownde: A Voluntarie; Sellingers Rownde
  • Gibbons: "Lord Of Salisbury" Pavan And Galliard; Allemande (Italian Ground); Fantasy in C major
 Columbia Masterworks, M 30825
1972 The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 Columbia Masterworks, M 31073
1972 Schoenberg: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano, Vol. 1

(all tracks previously released on M2S 736, 1966)

 Columbia Masterworks, M 31311
1972 Schoenberg: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano, Vol. 2
  • Six Songs, Op. 3
  • Eight Songs, Op. 6
  • Two Ballads, Op. 12
  • Two Songs, Op. 14
  • Three Songs, Op. 48
  • Two Songs, Op. posth.

(with Donald Gramm, bass-baritone; Cornelius Opthof, baritone and Helen Vanni, mezzo-soprano)

 Columbia Masterworks, M 31312
1972 Music from Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five

(OST Slaughterhouse-Five, all tracks previously released)

 Columbia Masterworks, S 31333
1972 Händel: Suites for the Harpsichord
  • Suite No. 1 in A major, HWV 426
  • Suite No. 2 in F major, HWV 427
  • Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428
  • Suite No. 4 in E minor, HWV 429

(performed on harpsichord)

 Columbia Masterworks, M 31512
1973 Glenn Gould's First Recordings of Grieg and Bizet Columbia Masterworks, M 32040
1973 Bach: The French Suites, Vol. 1 Columbia Masterworks, M 32347
1973 The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 Columbia Masterworks, M 32348
1973 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 31 Complete Columbia Masterworks, M 32349
1973 Glenn Gould Plays Hindemith's Piano Sonatas 1–3 CBS Masterworks, M 32350
1973 Glenn Gould Plays His Own Transcriptions of Wagner Orchestral Showpieces 1973, Eaton Auditorium, Toronto CBS Masterworks, M 32351
1974 Bach: The French Suites, Vol. 2 & Overture in the French Style CBS Masterworks, M 32853
1974 Bach: The Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord
  • Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027
  • Sonata No. 2 in D major, BWV 1028
  • Sonata No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029

(with Leonard Rose, cello)

 CBS Masterworks, M 32934
1975 Beethoven: Bagatelles, Op. 33 & Op. 126 CBS Masterworks, M 33265
1975 The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 June 23, 1974; November 9, 1974; & September 7, 1974 in Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York Columbia Masterworks, M 33515
1976 Hindemith: The Complete Sonatas For Brass & Piano
  • Sonata in F for French Horn and Piano
  • Sonata for Bass Tuba and Piano
  • Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
  • Sonata in E-flat for Alto Horn and Piano
  • Sonata for Trombone and Piano

(with members of the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble)

 CBS Masterworks, M2 33971
1976 Bach: The Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
  • Sonata in B minor for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1014
  • Sonata in A major for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1015
  • Sonata in E major for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1016
  • Sonata in C minor for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1017
  • Sonata in F minor for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1018
  • Sonata in G major for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1019

(with Jaime Laredo, violin)

 CBS Masterworks, M2 34226
1977 Glenn Gould Plays Sibelius
  • Sonatine No. 1 for Piano in E major, Op. 67
  • Sonatine No. 2 for Piano in E major, Op. 67
  • Sonatine No. 3 for Piano in B minor, Op. 67
  • Kyllikki, Op. 41
 CBS Masterworks, M 34555
1977 Glenn Gould Plays Bach: The English Suites Complete
  • Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806
  • Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807
  • Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808
  • Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809
  • Suite No. 5 in E Minor, BWV 810
  • Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811
  • BWV 806: March 11 & November 4, 1973
  • BWV 807: May 23, 1971
  • BWV 808: June 21 & 22, 1974
  • BWV 809 and BWV 810: December 14 & 15, 1974 and May 23 & 24, 1976
  • BWV 811: October 10 & 11, 1975 and May 23 & 24, 1976

Eaton's Auditorium

 CBS Masterworks, M2 34578
1978 Hindemith: Das Marienleben for Soprano & Piano

(with Roxolana Roslak, soprano)

 CBS Masterworks, M2 34597
1979 Bach: The Toccatas, Vol. 1
  • Toccata in F-sharp minor, BWV 910
  • Toccata in D major, BWV 912
  • Toccata in D minor, BWV 913
 CBS Masterworks, M 35144
1980 Bach: The Toccatas, Vol. 2
  • Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
  • Toccata in E minor, BWV 914
  • Toccata in G minor, BWV 915
  • Toccata in G major, BWV 916
 CBS Masterworks, M 35831
1980 Bach: Preludes, Fughettas & Fugues
  • Prelude And Fugue in A minor, BWV 895
  • Prelude And Fughetta in D minor, BWV 899
  • Prelude And Fugue in E minor, BWV 900
  • Preludes, BWV 902 & 902A
  • Fughetta in G major, BWV 902
  • Prelude in C major, BWV 924
  • Prelude in D major, BWV 925
  • Prelude in D minor, BWV 926
  • Prelude in F major, BWV 927
  • Prelude in F major, BWV 928
  • Prelude in G minor, BWV 930
  • Prelude in C major, BWV 933
  • Prelude in C minor, BWV 934
  • Prelude in D minor, BWV 935
  • Prelude in D major, BWV 936
  • Prelude in E major, BWV 937
  • Prelude in E minor, BWV 938
  • Fugue in C major, BWV 952
  • Fugue in C major, BWV 953
  • Fughetta in C minor, BWV 961
 CBS Masterworks, M 35891
1980 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 2, Nos. 1–3, Op. 28, "Pastoral" CBS Masterworks, M2 35911
1980 The Glenn Gould Silver Jubilee Album
  • Scarlatti: Sonatas, L 463, 413, and 486
  • C.P.E. Bach: Württemberg Sonata No. 1
  • Gould: So You Want to Write A Fugue? (performed by Elizabeth Benson-Guy, soprano/Anita Darian, contralto/Charles Bressler, tenor/Donald Gramm, baritone/Juilliard String Quartet/Vladimir Golschmann, conductor)
  • Scriabin: Two Pieces, Op. 57
  • Strauss: Ophelia-Lieder (with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano)
  • Beethoven/Liszt: Pastoral Symphony, First Movement
  • A Glenn Gould Fantasy (with Margaret Pacsu)
 CBS Masterworks M2X 35914
1982 Haydn: The Six Last Sonatas CBS Masterworks, I2M 36947
1982 Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1981 Digital Recording) CBS Masterworks, IM 37779
1982 Glenn Gould Discusses His Performances of the "Goldberg Variations" with Tim Page CBS Masterworks, CDN-70 (Bonus disc released with IM 37779)
1983 Brahms: Ballades, Op. 10 & Rhapsodies, Op. 79
  • February 8,9 & 10 1982 in RCA's Studio A in New York (Ballades)
  • June 30,& July 1, 1982 in RCA's Studio A in New York (Rhapsodies)
 CBS Masterworks, IM 37800
1983 Beethoven: Sonatas No. 12, Op. 26 & No. 13, Op. 27, No. 1 CBS Masterworks, M 37831
1984 Richard Strauss: Sonata, Op. 5; 5 Piano Pieces, Op. 3
  • September 1–3, 1982 in RCA's Studio A in New York (Sonata op.5)
  • April 23 & 6 August 6, 1979 in Old St.Laurence Hall in Toronto (Piano Pieces 1–4); September 5, 1979 in Eaton's Auditorium in Toronto (Piano Piece 5)
 CBS Masterworks, IM 38659

Sony Classical Records: 1990–
Year of Issue Title Recorded Label, serial number
1990 Glenn Gould Conducts & Plays Wagner * July 27–29 & September 8, 1982, St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto
** 1973, Eaton Auditorium, Toronto (originally released in 1973 by Columbia Masterworks, M 32351)		 Sony Classical, SK 46279
1995 The Glenn Gould Edition[1] 1967–1972 Sony Classical, SM2K 52622
2002 A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations, 1955 & 1981[2] * 3 discs: 1955 and 1981 recordings plus 1955 outtakes and Gould's final radio interview Sony Classical, S3K 87703

References
  1. Glenn Gould, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Scriabin, Prokofiev, retrieved 2022-06-14
  2. https://www.discogs.com/master/995220-Glenn-Gould-A-State-Of-Wonder-The-Complete-Goldberg-Variations-1955-1981
  • Descriptive catalogue of the Glenn Gould papers (2 vols.). National Library of Canada. 1992. ISBN 0-660-57327-X.
  • Redelt, Jochen (2015). Glenn Gould Remastered: The Complete Columbia Album Collection. Sony Music Entertainment.
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