Beethoven / Gould,Glenn - Glenn Gould Plays Beethoven Ctos Nos. 1 & 3 Vol. 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jan Dismas Zelenka is a significant but frequently neglected eighteenth century composer who received his musical training in Prague and was active from around 1710 at the court of August Elector of Saxony in Dresden where he was primarily responsible for church music at court, but also composed secular instrumental works. He was universally admired in his time and is today steadily regaining his well deserved reputation. His music displays a wide emotional spectrum ranging from contemplation to triumphant ecstasy to an equal degree in his vocal works and textless instrumental music. The accomplished young British countertenor Alex Potter succeeds in displaying this wide emotional range in selected works for alto solo he dazzles with astounding virtuosity in the motet InchBarbara, dira efferaInch and soars in tender arcs of tension in his performance of the InchChriste eleisonInch from a late unfinished mass by Zelenka. He is accompanied with consummate sensitivity by the Capriccio Barockorchester from Basel. Album Tracks 1. Barbara, Dira Effera! ZWV 164 2. Alma Redemptoris Mater ZWV 126 3. Hipocondrie ZWV 63 4. Christe Eleison in E minor ZWV 29 5. Lamentatio Iii/2 ZWV 53/6 6. Sinfonia in C minor ZWV 63 7. Dormi Nate, Dormi, Deus ZWV 171 8. Sollicitus Fossor ZWV 209

Album Tracks 1. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor Op. 49 No. 1 2. Piano Sonata No. 28 in a Major Op. 101 3. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major Op. 109 4. 15 Variations on An Original Theme Op. 35 InchEroica VariationsInch 5. 6 Bagatellen Op. 126

Glenn Gould maintained a very peculiar relationship, a sort of love and hate, with Beethoven's music, which he performed out of any traditional scheme or system. This CD presents two live Gould rarities, the first one being the Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat, op. 73 InchEmperorInch, recorded live in Buffalo, NY on 6 November 1960 with the conductor Josef Krips. The second live recording on this CD, taking place only two weeks earlier, concerns Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat, op. 19, conducted by Paul Paray, in an original and personal performance by both these artists. This very significant addition to the discography of Glenn Gould furthers the image of this eclectic, fascinating and singular artist. Album Tracks 1. Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major for Piano & Orchestra Op. 73 InchEmperorInch 2. Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major for Piano & Orchestra Op. 19