The CBC's new Glenn Gould website: www.cbc.ca/gould.
Last night I attended a launch for a new 10-disc DVD collection at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation headquarters in Toronto. The boxed set is called “Glenn Gould on Television: the Complete CBC Broadcasts,” and it’s just been released by Sony Classical.
As launches go, this was quite an affair. Music critic (and friend of Gould) Tim Page flew in from Los Angeles to talk about his memories of Gould, and the young Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki was on hand to play some movements from the Goldbergs.
As launches go, this was quite an affair. Music critic (and friend of Gould) Tim Page flew in from Los Angeles to talk about his memories of Gould, and the young Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki was on hand to play some movements from the Goldbergs.
I look forward to sinking my teeth into the discs (which contain Gould broadcasts from 1954 to 1977) at some point in the near future. But today I’d like to draw attention to a spiffy new portion of the CBC’s sprawling website: www.cbc.ca/gould. Have a look – you’ll find a nice collection of photos, some fascinating audio and video clips, and a few other Gouldian bells and whistles.
It’s nice to see that the CBC hasn’t entirely forgotten its own glorious past. But if Glenn Gould were alive today, how much time would he be granted in front of the television cameras?
© Colin Eatock 2011
It’s nice to see that the CBC hasn’t entirely forgotten its own glorious past. But if Glenn Gould were alive today, how much time would he be granted in front of the television cameras?
© Colin Eatock 2011
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