Glenn Gould - The Goldberg Variations - The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions - 11 x CDs - Cofanetto - 2022

Glenn Gould – The Goldberg Variations - The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions

Notes:
The large package was opened with a box cutter, lightly hitting the front of this box. As a result, the sticker has been cut into 2 pieces and there is a thin scratch on the front of the cover. Near Mint

Label: Sony Classical – 19439977422
Format: 11 x CD, Remastered
Box Set, Special Edition, 11'' x 11'' 216 pages book edition in hardcover binding printed on artpaper, book includes full transcripts of studio talks and annotated scores
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Released: Sep 30, 2022
Genre: Classical
Style: Baroque

Tracklist:
Wednesday, April 22, 1981, Studio C
Aria
1-1 Take 1 3:00
1-2 "A Great Take" 0:55
Variation 1
1-3 Take 1 1:13
1-4 "Slightly Too Fast" 0:58
1-5 Take 2 1:15
1-6 "I’d Like To Do One More Time" 1:01
1-7 Take 3 1:15
1-8 "I Keep Forgetting" 1:46
1-9 Take 4 1:14
1-10 "Now, That Sounded Great" 2:26
Variation 2
1-11 Take 1 0:50
1-12 "Not A Bad Take" 1:45
1-13 Take 2 0:51
1-14 "Dammit, There Was A Missed Note" 1:17
1-15 Take 4 0:51
1-16 "There Was A 'Wow' At The Beginning Of The Second Half" 0:50
1-17 Take 5 0:51
1-18 "The First Half Was No Good" 1:41
1-19 Take 7 0:52
1-20 "Okay?" 0:58
Variation 3
1-21 Take 1 B 0:14
1-22 "Again, Please" 0:27
1-23 Take 2 B 0:25
1-24 "I Don’t Like It" 0:33
1-25 Take 3 1:36
1-26 "I Tried The Fast Version" 0:42
1-27 Take 4 1:35
1-28 "How About That?" 0:58
Variation 4
1-29 Take 1 0:51
1-30 "I Forgot To Put In A Ritard, Dammit" 2:06
1-31 Take 5 0:54
1-32 "Tremendous" 0:45
1-33 Take 6 0:53
1-34 "Okay, We've Got A Choice" 0:35
Variation 6
1-35 Take 1 0:20
1-36 "Sorry. I’m Very Sorry, Glenn" 0:25
1-37 Take 3 0:45
1-38 "Not Bad" 0:41
1-39 Take 5 0:43
1-40 "That Had Loads Of Character" 0:41
1-41 Take 6 0:43
1-42 "How About That?" 0:49
Variation 7
1-43 Take 1 1:21
1-44 "A Wrong Note Near The End" 0:39
1-45 Take 2 1:19
1-46 "That Was A Hell Of A Good Take" 0:30
Variation 9
1-47 Take 1 B 0:18
1-48 "Oh, Merde. Take 2, Please" 0:08
1-49 Take 2 1:04
1-50 "Not A Bad Take" 0:26
1-51 Take 3 0:22
1-52 "Sorry, I Forgot The Legato" 0:13
1-53 Take 4 1:03
1-54 "Also A Good Take" 0:51
1-55 Take 5 1:02
1-56 "We Got Lots Of Choice" 1:31
Thursday, April 23, 1981
Variation 10
1-57 Take 1 1:06
1-58 "It Was A Wrong Note…" 1:07
1-59 Take 2 1:06
1-60 "I Seem To Be Incapable Of Doing That" 2:12
1-61 Take 3 1:07
1-62 "A Sloppy Trill At The End" 1:12
1-63 Take 4 1:06
1-64 "This Was Gorgeous" 0:42
1-65 Take 5 1:05
1-66 "Too Many Little Things" 1:01
1-67 Take 6 1:06
1-68 "Very Good Things" 1:31
1-69 Take 7 1:06
1-70 "Also Very Good" 0:51
1-71 Take 8 0:59
1-72 "Oh Shit, It Was Going Very Well Until Then" 0:50
1-73 Take 9 0:15
1-74 "Sorry. Sorry" 0:45
1-75 Take 10 1:04
1-76 "We’ve Got Lots Of Choice, Bruno" 0:18
Variation 11
2-1 "All Right, Glenn" 1:22
2-2 Take 1 0:54
2-3 "I Hope You Got That" 0:32
2-4 Insert 1 – Take 1 ′′ 0:12
2-5 "That Got It For The Bar Only" 0:20
2-6 Insert 1 – Take 2 ′′′ 0:17
2-7 "I'm Not Sure If The Tempo Was Quite Right On That One" 0:23
2-8 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:53
2-9 "Well, We’ve Got The First Two" 0:35
2-10 Insert 1 – Take 4 0:08
2-11 "That Felt Very…" 0:21
2-12 Insert 2 – Take 1 ′′ 0:13
2-13 "We Got The Spot" 1:00
2-14 Insert 2 – Take 2 0:10
2-15 "How About That One?" 0:44
2-16 Insert 2 – Take 3 0:18
2-17 "Shit. Okay, Well, We Got..." 0:26
2-18 Insert 3 – Take 1 0:07
2-19 "Hah. But They Got It, The Real Spot, Right?" 0:27
2-20 Insert 3 – Take 2 0:10
2-21 "That… I Don’t Know About The Level" 0:29
2-22 Insert 3 – Take 3 0:09
2-23 "Okay, Glenn, We’re 1 Db Over Now" 0:29
2-24 Insert 3 – Take 4 ′′′ 0:12
2-25 "Now, Glenn, I'm Sorry, We’re Down A Little Bit Again" 0:26
2-26 Insert 3 – Take 5 0:09
2-27 "I Don't Like The Feel Of The Line" 0:49
2-28 Insert 3 – Take 6 ′′′′′ 0:19
2-29 "Would You Like To Turn On Some More Lights Out Here" 0:57
2-30 Insert 3 – Take 7 ′′′ 0:16
2-31 "Not Very Smooth. One More Time" 0:33
2-32 Insert 3 – Take 8 ′′′ 0:17
2-33 "Once More" 0:20
2-34 Insert 3 – Take 9 0:07
2-35 "The Last Bar Was No Good" 1:13
Variation 12
2-36 Take 1 1:32
2-37 "Bruno, There Are A Couple Of Wrong Notes" 1:03
2-38 Take 2 B 0:18
2-39 "Sorry. It Was Going Well, Until" 0:28
2-40 Take 3 B 0:09
2-41 "Oh Boy, Great" 0:40
2-42 Take 4 B 0:29
2-43 "Sorry, Once Again" 0:49
2-44 Take 5 B 0:54
2-45 "Sorry, This Is A Very Tough Piece" 0:38
2-46 Take 6 1:35
2-47 "Rather Interesting, Too" 0:51
2-48 Take 7 B 0:19
2-49 "Again, Please" 0:22
2-50 Take 8 1:38
2-51 "One Note Missing At The End" 0:36
2-52 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:08
2-53 "Once More, Please, With The Same Feed" 0:25
2-54 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:11
2-55 "How Were The Levels, Sam?" 0:35
2-56 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:12
2-57 "Looked Good. Looked Very Good" 0:33
2-58 Insert 1 – Take 4 0:12
2-59 "Okay?" 0:47
Variation 13
2-60 Take 1 2:43
2-61 "Once More, Please" 1:25
2-62 Take 2 B 2:18
2-63 "Oh Shit, That Was So Good!" 0:33
2-64 Insert 1 – Take 1 1:23
2-65 "How About That?" 1:20
2-66 Take 3 2:31
2-67 "I Don't Know If This Is Deliberate Or Not" 0:59
2-68 Take 4 2:39
2-69 "How About That?" 1:00
Variation 14
2-70 Take 1 1:07
2-71 "Not Bad. About Three Wrong..." 1:01
2-72 Take 2 1:01
2-73 "With A Fix For The Last Two Bars" 0:36
Variation 15
2-74 Take 1 5:05
2-75 "This Is Glorious, Glenn." 0:43
2-76 Take 2 4:43
2-77 "I Think There Was Some Conversation Here" 1:10
2-78 Take 3 5:04
2-79 "How About That? Can We Come..." 0:09
Friday, April 24, 1981, Studio C
Variation 16
3-1 "Bruno?" 1:21
3-2 Take 1 1:40
3-3 "The First Half Was Terrific…" 0:59
3-4 Take 2 B 0:10
3-5 "Once Again." 1:25
3-6 Take 3 1:40
3-7 "The First Half Is No Good" 1:11
3-8 Part 2 – Take 1 B 0:30
3-9 "Oh Shit, It Was Going Well" 0:30
3-10 Part 2 – Take 2 0:35
3-11 "A Wrong Note Got In There." 1:26
3-12 Part 2 – Insert 1 – Take 1 B 0:16
3-13 "Once Again." 0:24
3-14 Part 2 – Insert 1 – Take 2 B 0:11
3-15 "I Keep Doing That. Dammit!" 0:33
3-16 Part 2 – Insert 1 – Take 3 0:31
3-17 "There Was A Wrong Note" 0:30
3-18 Part 2 – Insert 1 – Take 4 0:35
3-19 "How About That?" 1:11
Variation 17
3-20 Take 1 B 0:37
3-21 "Oh Shit. The First Half Was Good." 0:29
3-22 Take 2 B 0:43
3-23 "You Haven't Got A Change Of Shot By Any Chance At That Moment." 0:49
3-24 Take 3 0:56
3-25 "How About That For A Second?" 0:45
Variation 18
3-26 Take 1 B 0:40
3-27 "Too Many Things. Once Again, Please." 2:10
3-28 Take 2 B 0:51
3-29 "Too Many Little Things." 0:28
3-30 Take 3 B 0:35
3-31 "It Was Going Well. Ah! Noch Einmal." 1:58
3-32 Take 4 1:04
3-33 "How About That?" 1:30
3-34 Take 5 B 0:15
3-35 "Again, Please." 0:32
3-36 Take 6 1:07
3-37 "I Don’t Like The Take Particularly." 0:23
3-38 Take 7 1:04
3-39 "Okay. I Still Want To Look At That One, Two Back." 0:57
3-40 Take 8 B 0:49
3-41 "Too Many Little Things, But It Was So Good…" 0:29
3-42 Take 9 1:09
3-43 "One Note Was Not Quite Right In…" 0:44
3-44 Take 10 1:04
3-45 "How About That?" 0:42
Variation 8
3-46 Take 1 0:55
3-47 "You Buy About Three Wrong Notes" 1:06
Variation 3
3-48 Remake – Take 1 B 1:08
3-49 "Sorry, Sorry, Glenn. I'm Very, Very Sorry." 1:17
3-50 Remake – Take 2 ''B 0:16
3-51 "Sorry, Sorry, Glenn. Wouldn’t You…" 0:34
3-52 Remake – Take 3 1:34
3-53 "How Was That?" 1:10
3-54 Remake – Take 4 1:34
3-55 "That Was Okay" 1:10
3-56 Remake – Take 6 1:33
3-57 "Also Very Good" 0:31
Saturday, April 25, 1981, Studio C
Variation 1
3-58 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:12
3-59 "How Did That Look?" 0:56
3-60 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:13
3-61 "I Thought Maybe The Level Was A Little Less…" 0:23
3-62 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:11
3-63 "I Want Just… One More…" 1:29
3-64 Insert 1 – Take 6 0:11
3-65 "It’s Still A Little Bit Soft." 0:21
3-66 Insert 1 – Take 7 0:12
3-67 "Okay. I’m Sure One Of Those Is Going To Match." 0:28
3-68 Insert 1 – Take 8 '''' 0:24
3-69 "How Are We Doing?" 0:30
3-70 Insert 1 – Take 9 0:12
3-71 "That’s It." 0:06
3-72 Insert 1 – Take 10 0:12
3-73 "Okay? We’ve Got A Choice." 0:44
Variation 2
3-74 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:16
3-75 "How Was That?" 0:33
3-76 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:16
3-77 "How Was That?" 0:25
3-78 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:16
3-79 "I Think That Was A Little Closer In Mood Toward The End…" 0:30
Variation 4
3-80 Insert 1 – Take 1 '' 0:32
3-81 "How Did That Look?" 0:36
3-82 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:21
3-83 "That Was Very Good" 0:40
3-84 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:20
3-85 "Et Cetera. How Was That?" 0:19
3-86 Insert 2 – Take 1 0:09
3-87 "How Was That?" 0:21
3-88 Insert 2 – Take 2 0:06
3-89 "How Did That Look?" 0:42
3-90 Insert 2 – Take 3 0:06
3-91 "How Was That Looking?" 0:24
3-92 Insert 2 – Take 4 0:05
3-93 "I Think We've Got Quite A Good Choice." 0:09
Variation 6
4-1 "This Is Variation 6 From..." 0:18
4-2 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:12
4-3 "Variation 6, Insert 1, Take 2" 0:14
4-4 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:09
4-5 "Not Quite Clean At The End." 0:15
4-6 Insert 1 – Take 3 ''' 0:19
4-7 "That Was A Good One, Right?" 0:21
4-8 Insert 1 – Take 4 ''''' 0:38
4-9 "Not In Love With The Way I'm Doing The Ending." 0:14
4-10 Insert 1 – Take 5 ''' 0:17
4-11 "I Think We've Got A Very Good Choice." 1:28
Variation 7
4-12 Insert 1 – Take 1 '''' 0:19
4-13 "It Is Very Difficult, Playing It This Lightly." 0:29
4-14 Insert 1 – Take 2 '''' B 1:16
4-15 "Okay. The Later Trills Were Not Good." 0:35
4-16 Insert 1 – Take 3 '' 0:29
4-17 "Okay. That One Definitely Got A Very Good Opening." 0:34
4-18 Insert 1 – Take 4 ''' 0:16
4-19 "Okay. We've Got The Opening For Sure." 0:24
4-20 Insert 2 – Take 1 1:02
4-21 "That Was Very Good For Us." 1:43
4-22 Insert 3 – Take 1 '''' 1:24
4-23 "A Very Interesting Take." 0:58
4-24 Insert 4 – Take 1 0:07
4-25 "How Was That?" 1:16
4-26 Insert 4 – Take 2 0:12
4-27 "Was That Too Light, Also?" 0:44
4-28 Insert 4 – Take 3 0:08
4-29 "Okay. We've Got Lots Of Choice There." 1:54
4-30 Insert 5 – Take 2 B 0:10
4-31 "No Good. Once More, Please." 0:29
4-32 Insert 5 – Take 3 0:26
4-33 "I'm Quite Confident That I Did The Line Differently" 0:51
4-34 Insert 5 – Take 4 '' 0:33
4-35 "That Certainly Got The Trill." 0:35
4-36 Insert 5 – Take 5 0:26
4-37 "I Think That Was Quite Good, It Was..." 0:34
Variation 9
4-38 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:12
4-39 "How Did That Look?" 0:41
4-40 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:12
4-41 "How Was That?" 0:33
4-42 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:12
4-43 "I Buy That One." 0:36
4-44 Insert 1 – Take 4 0:32
4-45 "How About That?" 0:30
4-46 Insert 2 – Take 1 B 0:07
4-47 "I Forgot To Give You A Level Test On This" 1:04
4-48 Insert 2 – Take 2 0:16
4-49 "How About That?" 0:31
4-50 Insert 2 – Take 3 0:16
4-51 "I Think We've Got A Very Good Choice There." 0:30
Variation 10
4-52 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:08
4-53 "About Right?" 0:31
4-54 Insert 1 – Take 2 ''''' 0:25
4-55 "I Think Several Of Those..." 0:33
4-56 Insert 2 – Soft Pedal Down – Take 1 '''' 0:18
4-57 "That Was Clean. I Don't Know If The Levels Were Any Good." 0:14
4-58 Insert 2 – Soft Pedal Down – Take 2 ''' 0:16
4-59 "O[kay]." 0:37
4-60 Insert 2 – Soft Pedal Up – Take 1 0:06
4-61 "How Was That?" 0:33
4-62 Insert 2 – Soft Pedal Up – Take 2 0:06
4-63 "I Think That Was Good." 0:13
4-64 Insert 2 – Soft Pedal Up – Take 3 0:06
4-65 "That Felt Good To Me." 0:40
4-66 Insert 3 – Take 1 0:11
4-67 "It Was Okay As Long As We Just Use The Last Bar Itself" 0:26
4-68 Insert 3 – Take 2 0:11
4-69 "You Know Something?" 0:27
4-70 Insert 3 – Take 3 0:12
4-71 "How Did That Sound?" 0:16
4-72 Insert 3 – Take 4 ''' 0:22
4-73 "I Think We Got..." 1:07
Variation 12
4-74 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:20
4-75 "The Second One Was Very Good." 0:26
4-76 Insert 1 – Take 2 '''''' 0:31
4-77 "I See Why I'm Doing That Funny Additional B In The Bass" 0:24
4-78 Insert 1 – Take 3 '' 0:42
4-79 "That Was Pretty Good." 0:28
4-80 Insert 1 – Take 4 '' 0:40
4-81 "That's It." 0:20
4-82 Insert 2 – Take 1 0:33
4-83 "No Discernible Improvement." 0:23
4-84 Insert 2 – Take 2 0:32
4-85 "That Was Very Good." 0:21
4-86 Insert 2 – Take 3 '' 0:43
4-87 "That Was Very Good, That First Half." 0:12
Variation 13
5-1 "This Is Variation 13 0:28
5-2 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:45
5-3 "How About That One?" 0:30
5-4 Insert 1 – Take 2 '' 1:17
5-5 "Not As Good." 1:19
5-6 Insert 2 – Take 1 0:16
5-7 "I'm Not Sure That That Got The Right Rhythm At All." 0:31
5-8 Insert 2 – Take 2 '''' 0:27
5-9 "Once Again, Please." 0:24
5-10 Insert 2 – Take 3 '' 0:16
5-11 "Once More, Once More." 0:19
5-12 Insert 2 – Take 4 0:18
5-13 "I Think We Got A Choice." 0:27
5-14 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:26
5-15 "Oh, Everything Went So Well, Exactly The Line I Wanted." 0:26
5-16 Insert 1 – Take 4 0:43
5-17 "That's Good." 0:32
Variation 14
5-18 Insert 1 – Take 1 '''' 0:32
5-19 "We Got It. It Was A Little Timid At First, I Think." 0:41
5-20 Insert 1 – Take 2 '' 0:22
5-21 "It Was Quite Good." 0:28
5-22 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:11
5-23 "That Was Great. It Was Exactly Even." 0:30
5-24 Insert 1 – Take 4 0:55
5-25 "Aha. Got Everything Except For The Last Bar." 1:45
5-26 Insert 2 – Take 1 0:17
5-27 "Well, I Think It Buzzed A Little Bit At The End." 0:41
5-28 Insert 3 – Take 1 '' 0:14
5-29 "I Think That Got..." 0:23
5-30 Insert 3 – Take 2 0:09
5-31 "If We Want To Cut. A Slightly Different One We Got..." 0:21
5-32 Insert 3 – Take 1 V ''' 0:21
5-33 "The Last Note Isn't Totally Together As It Was The First Time." 1:08
5-34 Insert 3 – Take 2 V 0:07
5-35 "How Was That?" 0:16
5-36 Insert 3 – Take 3 V 0:10
5-37 "Okay?" 0:23
5-38 Insert 3 – Take 4 V 0:09
5-39 "Okay. They've Got A Choice." 0:44
Variation 16
5-40 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:17
5-41 "How Were The Levels?" 0:32
5-42 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:10
5-43 "Glenn, I'm Sorry, That's No Good, We Had A Click Right On It." 0:42
5-44 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:50
5-45 "That Was Very Interesting." 0:59
Variation 17
5-46 Insert 1 – Take 1 ''''' 0:23
5-47 "Got It, I Think" 0:25
5-48 Insert 1 – Take 2 '''' 0:19
5-49 "Both Of Those Last Two Got It, Especially The Last One." 1:29
5-50 Insert 2 – Take 2 ''B 0:04
5-51 "Oh Shit, You Have To..." 0:39
5-52 Insert 2 – Take 3 '''' 0:19
5-53 "Oh, God, This Piece..." 0:24
5-54 Insert 2 – Take 4 0:04
5-55 "Oh No, I'm Getting A Block." 0:39
5-56 Insert 2 – Take 5 ''''' 0:18
5-57 "That Almost Got..." 0:24
5-58 Insert 2 – Take 6 0:08
5-59 "Got It." 0:36
5-60 Insert 2 – Take 7 ''' 0:14
5-61 "That Got The Notes Again." 0:24
5-62 Insert 2 – Take 8 ''''' 0:20
5-63 "Okay. We Got Another One." 0:29
5-64 Insert 2 – Take 9 '''''''''' 0:26
5-65 "Ah Shit. We've Got It Some Place In There." 2:13
5-66 Insert 3 – Take 3 ''' 0:25
5-67 "How Was That?" 0:26
5-68 Insert 3 – Take 4 0:14
5-69 "There Was A Wrong Note Toward The End" 0:29
5-70 Insert 3 – Take 5 '''' 0:39
5-71 "Okay, We Got Two." 0:24
5-72 Insert 2 – Take 10 '''''''' 0:15
5-73 "Give Me The Tempo One More Time, Please." 0:13
5-74 Insert 2 – Take 11 '''''''''' 0:24
5-75 "We Got Two Or Three In There That Have Got The Notes." 0:31
Variation 8
5-76 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:09
5-77 "Okay, We Got It?" 0:20
5-78 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:09
5-79 "Too Much Accent On That One." 0:16
5-80 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:22
5-81 "Well, We Certainly Got It." 0:59
5-82 Insert 2 – Take 1 0:24
5-83 "That Was Very Good." 0:21
5-84 Insert 2 – Take 2 0:21
5-85 "Terrific." 0:15
5-86 Insert 3 – Take 1 0:05
5-87 "One More Time With The Feed Again" 0:18
5-88 Insert 3 – Take 2 ''''''' 0:25
5-89 "I Think We Got It All In Perspective." 0:08
Tuesday, May 12, 1981
Variation 19
6-1 "Variation 19, Take 1" 0:11
6-2 Take 1 0:59
6-3 "Once Again, Please." 0:21
6-4 Take 2 B 0:18
6-5 "Oh, God." 0:25
6-6 Take 3 1:00
6-7 "I Want To See Both 1 And 3 And Listen To It Again." 0:11
6-8 Take 4 B 0:06
6-9 "Five." 0:06
6-10 Take 5 1:05
6-11 "I Think That's It, Bruno." 0:38
6-12 Take 6 1:05
6-13 "Okay. We've Got A Choice." 0:28
6-14 Take 7 1:05
6-15 "We Got A Choice." 0:17
Variation 21
6-16 Take 1 2:16
6-17 "That's The Take, Folks." 0:36
Variation 22
6-18 Take 1 1:08
6-19 "Hell Of A Good Take." 1:22
6-20 Take 2 1:06
6-21 "A Low Note, The Low G Was Wrong." 1:12
6-22 Take 3 1:07
6-23 "How About That?" 1:20
6-24 Take 4 B 0:32
6-25 "Don't Like It. One More Time." 1:00
6-26 Take 5 B 0:49
6-27 "That's Enough Of That." 1:17
6-28 Insert 1 – Take 1 ′′ 0:50
6-29 "That Got Both Of Them." 0:46
6-30 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:44
6-31 "We Got It." 1:26
Variation 23
6-32 Take 1 1:00
6-33 "How About That?" 1:21
6-34 Take 2 0:48
6-35 "Oh, Shit. It Was Going Very Well." 0:44
6-36 Take 3 0:59
6-37 "Messed Up The Last Bar, But That Was A Great Take." 0:41
6-38 Take 4 0:58
6-39 "We Got Another Last Bar." 0:38
6-40 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:16
6-41 "Let's Do Another One." 0:27
6-42 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:11
6-43 "That Was Very Good." 0:23
6-44 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:10
6-45 "One More Time." 0:23
6-46 Insert 1 – Take 4 '''' 0:21
6-47 "Did I Hear Some Extraneous Noise In There?" 0:35
6-48 Insert 1 – Take 5 0:10
6-49 "Once More." 0:20
6-50 Insert 1 – Take 6 0:10
6-51 "Okay. We've Lots Of Choice." 0:35
6-52 Insert 2 – Take 1 '' 0:19
6-53 "Damnation." 0:18
6-54 Insert 2 – Take 2 0:15
6-55 "Don't Know Why I Go On Beyond Bar 30." 0:16
6-56 Insert 2 – Take 3 ''' 0:30
6-57 "It Sort Of Got It" 0:41
6-58 Insert 2 – Take 4 0:18
6-59 ... 1:16
6-60 Insert 2 – Take 5 '' 0:09
6-61 "I Forgot What I Was Doing." 0:21
6-62 Insert 2 – Take 6 '' 0:28
6-63 "Okay. That Made It Sound Just Awkward Enough." 1:15
Variation 24
6-64 Take 1 2:42
6-65 "Okay." 0:39
6-66 Take 2 B 1:14
6-67 "Ah. We'll Have To Do A Second Half." 0:32
6-68 Take 3 1:43
Variation 25
6-69 Variation 25 6:03
6-70 "Thank You, Glenn. I Think We've Got Both Variations In The Can." 0:13
Wednesday, May 13, 1981, Studio C
Variation 25
7-1 "This Is Variation 25, Insert 1, Take 1." 0:40
7-2 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:20
7-3 "How Was That, Richard?" 0:52
7-4 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:22
7-5 "How About That One?" 1:03
7-6 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:29
7-7 "Oh, God, Bruno, I Would Love..." 0:58
Variation 26
7-8 Take 1 0:54
7-9 "I Knew I Was Going To Mess Up That Ending." 0:53
7-10 Take 2 B 0:17
7-11 "Sorry, It's Going Very Well." 0:08
7-12 Take 3 B 0:17
7-13 "Oh, I'm Getting A Block About It..." 0:21
7-14 Take 4 B 0:17
7-15 "We May Have To Run To Some Other Variation While I Relearn This Piece." 0:27
7-16 Take 5 B 0:18
7-17 "Yeah, I'm Not Kidding, Folks." 0:08
7-18 Take 6 B 0:17
7-19 "Okay, We Will Leave This For Later." 0:15
7-20 Take 7 0:55
7-21 "We Got Most Of It." 0:43
7-22 Take 8 B 0:11
7-23 Take 9 B 0:09
7-24 "God. Now I'm Getting The Block In The First Take Place..." 0:08
7-25 Take 10 B 0:10
7-26 Take 11 B 0:09
7-27 "Yes. We May Have To Come And Look At The One That We Finally Got Through On." 0:16
7-28 Take 12 B 0:22
7-29 Take 13 B 0:18
7-30 "Let's Look At The One That We Sort Of Got Through." 0:31
7-31 Take 14 B 0:12
7-32 "We Got The Two Places That We Wanted And Nothing Else." 0:30
7-33 Take 15 B 0:14
7-34 "Once Again, We Got The Two Places We Wanted." 0:29
Variation 27
7-35 Take 1 1:23
7-36 "How About That?" 0:28
7-37 Take 2 B 0:18
7-38 "I Don't Like It; Once Again, Please." 0:16
7-39 Take 3 0:32
7-40 "I Don't Like It; Once More." 0:31
7-41 Take 4 B 1:23
7-42 "That Was Very Good, Except I Had One Wrong Note About Six Bars From The End." 0:17
7-43 Insert 1 – Take 1 ′′′ 0:11
7-44 "Could We Have Your Reposition At The Beginning Of The..." 0:07
7-45 Insert 1 – Take 2 ′′′ 0:16
7-46 "I'm Sorry." 0:07
7-47 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:29
7-48 "Not Bad. Let Me Try One More Of The Same Thing." 0:15
7-49 Insert 1 – Take 4 0:28
7-50 "Okay, We've Got..." 0:39
Variation 28
7-51 Take 1 1:06
7-52 "God, That Is A Silly Piece, That Really Is." 1:54
7-53 Take 2 1:05
7-54 "How About That?" 1:08
7-55 Take 3 1:05
7-56 "I Kept Going Only In Case I Covered Something, And I Think I Did At The Very End." 0:38
7-57 Take 4 1:05
7-58 "That Also Covered Some Things." 0:27
7-59 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:19
7-60 "That Got The Specific Thing, I Think." 0:29
7-61 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:41
7-62 "Almost Got To The Third One." 1:10
7-63 Insert 2 – Take 1 0:15
7-64 "I Seem Determined To Mess Up The Level." 0:32
7-65 Insert 2 – Take 2 0:16
7-66 "We Need Nothing..." 0:55
7-67 Insert 3 – Take 1 ′′′ 0:22
7-68 "That Was Pretty Good." 0:19
7-69 Insert 3 – Take 2 ′′ 0:18
7-70 "Okay?" 0:34
Variation 29
7-71 Take 1 1:06
7-72 "A Couple Of Wrong Notes, But It Got Most Of The Things, Bruno" 0:39
7-73 Take 2 1:05
7-74 "Sorry, I Forgot About The Non-Connect." 0:35
7-75 Insert 1 – Take 1 ′′ 0:37
Variation 30
7-76 Variation 30 1:35
7-77 "Thank You Very Much, This Was Beautiful." 0:23
Variation 29
7-78 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:41
7-79 "Okay, That's Enough." 0:33
7-80 Insert 2 – Take 1 ′′ 0:25
Variation 30
7-81 Variation 30 B 0:41
7-82 "Enough Of That." 0:59
Variation 29
7-83 Insert 2 – Take 2 ′′′ 0:27
Variation 30
7-84 Variation 30 1:33
7-85 "Once More Over Insert 2." 0:45
Variation 29
7-86 Insert 2 – Take 3 ′′ 0:24
Variation 30
7-87 Variation 30 1:33
7-88 "Okay?" 0:19
Thursday, May 14, 1981, Studio C
Aria Da Capo
8-1 "Stand By, Please. This Is Aria Da Capo, Take 1." 0:21
8-2 Take 1 3:39
8-3 "Thank You, Glenn. I Think This Is Glorious." 1:10
8-4 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:14
8-5 "Don't Like The Phrasing Of It, But We Sort Of Got It." 1:34
8-6 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:28
8-7 "Another... Okay. I Think That Was Good." 1:39
8-8 Insert 2 – Take 1 2:02
8-9 "I Don't Like The Last Eight Bars..." 1:28
8-10 Insert 2 – Take 2 1:56
8-11 "Not Bad." 0:27
Variation 20
8-12 Take 1 0:53
8-13 "I Never Promised You It's Gonna Be Easy." 0:40
8-14 Take 2 b 0:12
8-15 Take 3 0:29
8-16 "Take 4, In A Moment. God, This Is An Awkward Piece." 0:12
8-17 Take 4 0:53
8-18 "How About That?" 0:27
8-19 Take 5 B 0:10
8-20 Take 6 B 0:14
8-21 Take 7 b 0:07
8-22 Take 8 b 0:05
8-23 Take 9 0:52
8-24 "It Got The Last Section." 0:36
8-25 Take 10 0:50
8-26 "Unfortunately It Had Some Wrong Notes, But It Had A Great Spirit Of Fun, That One." 0:18
8-27 Take 11 0:51
8-28 "The First Half Of That Was Very Good, The Second Half Was Terrible." 0:49
Variation 5
8-29 Take 1 0:38
8-30 "Basically, We Got The First Eight Bars And The Last Eight Bars, Except For One Wrong Note." 0:59
8-31 Take 2 0:38
8-32 "How About That? It's Getting Close." 0:45
8-33 Take 3 0:38
8-34 "Almost Everything. Almost, But Not Quite." 0:52
8-35 Take 4 0:38
8-36 "Finally Got The Last Four Bars Bang On." 0:37
8-37 Take 5 ′′ 0:42
8-38 "Oh Shit. Are You On The Shot?" 0:49
Friday, May 15, 1981, Studio C
Variation 26
8-39 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:05
8-40 "How Did That Look? It Felt Very Good." 0:46
8-41 Insert 1 – Take 2 ′′ 0:14
8-42 "How About That?" 0:39
Variation 27
8-43 Insert 1 – Take 1 0:12
8-44 "How Did That Look?" 0:20
8-45 Insert 1 – Take 2 ′′ 0:16
8-46 "How Was That Looking?" 0:24
8-47 Insert 1 – Take 3 0:12
8-48 "I Think We Got Them All." 0:45
8-49 Insert 2 – Take 1 0:48
8-50 "We Got The Second Half, Too, Basically." 0:59
8-51 Insert 2 – Take 3 ′′ 0:57
8-52 "That Last Note Keeps Defeating Me." 0:24
8-53 Insert [3] – Take 1 0:30
8-54 "Okay. I Think We Should Come And Listen." 1:46
Variation 29
8-55 Insert 1 – Take 1 ′′ 0:19
8-56 "It Was Perfect For The Bar That We Needed To Be Perfect In." 0:31
8-57 Insert 1 – Take 2 0:09
8-58 "That Was As Clean As Anything Can Be." 1:37
Variation 24
8-59 Remake – Take 1 B 0:21
8-60 "I Don't Like It Too Much." 0:40
8-61 Remake – Take 2 ′′ 0:49
8-62 "Despite One Wrong Note Near The End, That Had Some Very Lovely Things." 0:47
8-63 Remake – Take 3 ′′ 0:46
8-64 "Not Quite Together At The End." 0:39
8-65 Remake – Take 4 B 0:20
8-66 "Was That Any Better?" 1:16
8-67 Remake – Take 5 0:42
8-68 "I Know That Wasn't Any Better, But I Just Kept Going..." 0:42
8-69 Remake – Take 6 B 0:23
8-70 "Not Good Voice-leading At The End." 0:39
8-71 Remake – Take 7 0:41
8-72 "That Got It As Best As I Can Possibly Do It." 0:34
8-73 Remake – Take 8 0:40
8-74 "Well, That Had A Certain Charm, But I Don't Know..." 0:29
8-75 Remake – Take 9 0:42
8-76 "How Did That Sound?" 0:28
8-77 Remake – Take 10 ′′′′ 0:29
8-78 "It's Getting Silly." 0:25
Variation 30
8-79 Remake – Take 1 B 0:18
8-80 "Again." 0:10
8-81 Remake – Take 2 1:21
8-82 "Not A Bad Take." 0:36
8-83 Remake – Take 3 1:24
8-84 "Okay?" 0:20
Aria
8-85 Remake 1 – Take 1 2:57
8-86 "The Piano Is Hiccuping, I'm Afraid." 0:42
8-87 Remake 1 – Take 2 2:51
8-88 "A Lot Of Very Good Things." 0:19
8-89 Remake 1 – Take 3 3:08
8-90 "Well, Can't Do Any Better Under The Circumstances." 0:06
Saturday, May 16, 1981, Studio C
Aria
9-1 "Let Me Just Clean My Glasses For A Second Here." 0:25
9-2 Remake 2 – Take 1 b 0:10
9-3 "Glenn, I'm Sorry. We Heard... We Had Noise From Outside." 1:07
9-4 Remake 2 – Take 1 ′′ 3:12
9-5 "How Was That?" 0:32
9-6 Remake 2 – Take 2 ′′′ 3:32
9-7 "How About That?" 0:59
9-8 Remake 2 – Take 3 ′′ 3:14
9-9 "That Had A Beautiful Opening." 0:52
9-10 Remake 2 – Take 4 3:10
9-11 "I Cannot Do It Any Better Than That." 1:00
9-12 Remake 2 – Take 5 3:02
9-13 "How About That For A Stylish Aria?" 1:12
9-14 Remake 2 – Take 6 3:03
9-15 "How About That?" 0:44
Aria Da Capo
9-16 Insert 1 – Take 1 B 0:29
9-17 "How Was The Tempo, Could You Tell?" 0:35
9-18 Insert 1 – Take 2 3:45
9-19 "How About That?" 0:42
Variation 25
9-20 Remake – Take 1 ′′′B 4:07
9-21 "No, I Don't Like It." 0:27
9-22 Remake – Take 2 6:06
9-23 "How About That?" 0:43
9-24 Remake – Take 3 ′′ 5:41
9-25 "What Was The Timing On That One?" 1:11
Variation 20
9-26 Insert 1 – Take 2 ′′′′′′′′′ 0:13
9-27 "Did They Look In The Right..." 0:58
Aria Da Capo
9-28 Insert Into "Insert 1 – Take 2" (Take 1 ′′) 1:25
9-29 "The Specific Spot Was Fine." 1:15
9-30 Insert Into "Insert 1 – Take 2" (Take 2) 1:07
9-31 "Okay. I'm Not Persuaded That The..." 1:03
9-32 Insert Into "Insert 1 – Take 2" (Take 3 ′′) 1:16
9-33 "We Got Them In All Shapes." 0:11
Saturday, May 16, 1981, Studio C
Variation 25
10-1 "Variation 25, Insert 1, for bars 7 through 12, Take 1." 0:33
10-2 Insert 1 – Take 1 '' 2:21
10-3 "Until the hiccup, that was absolutely gorgeous." 1:06
10-4 Insert 1 – Take 2 '' 0:24
10-5 "I'd better have another feed." 0:51
10-6 Insert 1 – Take 3 '' 1:29
10-7 "I think we've got it. Probably both times, but..." 0:51
10-8 Insert 2 – Take 1 B 0:19
10-9 "Again, please. Too much. You're ready?" 0:58
10-10 Insert 2 – Take 2 1:24
10-11 Oh, sh... well, we got the first one, that's for sure." 1:11
10-12 Insert 3 – Take 1 2:09
10-13 "I thought I'd give you one of the big climaxes once." 0:48
10-14 Insert 3 – Take 2 '' 1:18
10-15 "That was certainly good at the spot." 0:55
10-16 Insert 3 – Take 3 1:16
10-17 "I think that one may turn out to be the one that saves us..." 0:46
Variation 5
10-18 Insert 1 – Take 1 ''' 0:23
10-19 "That got the hiccup note, too." 0:31
10-20 Insert 1 – Take 2 ''B 0:16
10-21 "Well, that's certainly felt very close." 0:41
10-22 Insert 1 – Take 3 '' 0:22
10-23 "Okay. You got one to the end." 0:56
Variation 24
10-24 Remake Insert 1 – Take 1 ''' 0:50
10-25 "This piano is not made for such things as passages of that nature." 1:23
10-26 Remake Insert 1 – Take 2 ''' 0:50
10-27 "That had a very good beginning." 0:41
10-28 Remake Insert 1 – Tale 3 '' 0:47
10-29 "I think that got it." 1:09
10-30 Remake Insert 1 – Take 4 ''' 0:39
10-31 "Okay. This one was good on the sixth bar only." 0:29
10-32 Remake Insert 1 – Take 5 0:36
10-33 "Well, I think the one two back is still it..." 0:27
Variation 10
10-34 Remake Insert 1 – Take 1 0:07
10-35 "I'd forgotten how fast I had played it." 0:40
10-36 Remake Insert 1 – Take 2 '' 0:13
10-37 "How did that sound?" 0:35
10-38 Remake Insert 1 – Take 3 '''' 0:21
10-39 "One more time, please." 0:15
10-40 Remake Insert 1 – Take 4 '' 0:12
10-41 "That got it, very, very..." 1:21
10-42 Remake Insert 2 – Take 1 0:07
10-43 "It sounded good." 0:34
10-44 Remake Insert 2 – Take 2 0:06
10-45 "Okay. We got a choice." 1:52
10-46 Remake Insert 3 – Take 1 0:08
10-47 "Well, you know, that felt a little bit fast to me for the last..." 0:26
10-48 Remake Insert 3 – Take 2 0:10
10-49 "I think one thing you're hearing is I'm just putting less ritard on..." 0:33
10-50 Remake Insert 3 – Take 3 0:08
10-51 "Very good." 0:15
10-52 Remake Insert 3 – Take 4 0:09
10-53 "Okay. That is as loud as I would have played it. 0:28
Variation 14
10-54 Insert 1 – Take 1 '''' 0:14
10-55 "That's too slow." 0:28
10-56 Insert 1 – Take 2 ''' 0:12
10-57 "Some place in there... we've got it." 0:34
10-58 Insert 1 for CBS – Take 1 0:12
10-59 "You know something?" 0:28
10-60 Insert 1 for CBS – Take 2 0:08
10-61 "Okay." 1:25
Friday, May 29, 1981, Studio C
Variation 25
10-62 Remake Insert 1 – Take 1 0:46
10-63 "Yes. Sam?" 1:30
10-64 Remake Insert 1 – Take 2 0:44
10-65 "Okay. I think that one got the thing..." 1:11
10-66 Remake Insert 1 – Take 3 1:04
10-67 "Okay. I think we have a choice." 0:48
10-68 Remake Insert 2 – Take 1 0:44
10-69 "That certainly got what we're looking for." 1:17
10-70 Remake Insert 2 – Take 2 '' 2:12
10-71 "Well, we get another one. Hello?" 1:31
10-72 Remake Insert 2 – Take 3 '' 2:05
10-73 "How about that?" 1:04
Variation 8
10-74 Remake Insert 1 – Take 1 0:14
10-75 "Believe it or not, I got the bars I was looking for without a fake accent..." 1:05
10-76 Remake Insert 1 – Take 2 '' 0:33
10-77 "Yeah. Well, we've got the bars again." 0:47
10-78 Remake Insert 1 – Take 3 ''' 0:41
10-79 "Yeah. I'll do it one more time." 0:37
10-80 Remake Insert 1 – Take 4 0:31
10-81 "Not bad. Considering..." 0:40
10-82 Remake Insert 1 – Take 5 '' 0:19
10-83 "We got the bars. Finally, we got the bars..." 0:38
10-84 Remake Insert 1 – Take 6 ''''''' 0:59
10-85 "Okay. Between all of these things, I've got what I came to get." 0:36

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