The Goldberg Variations (1983)

Prepared shot and edited over a period of five years from 1976 to 1981 the threepart series Glenn Gould Plays Bach has so far only been seen via the limited parameters of television transmission Now for the first time this testment is made available with a sound and picture reporduction faithful to our original conception This film shot in New York in April and May 1981 marks his lifeas if interpolated between the two peaceful Arias and the two recordings the one opening the other closing his careerwith a symbol of cyclic perfection