Glenn Gould plays Gibbons: Lord Salisbury Pavane & Galliard
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There are four recordings by Gould of the Lord Salisbury Pavan, and the first three of these are acccompanied by the Galliard.
0:00 remarks on Gibbons from ’Chemins de la Musique’, 1974.
Massey Hall, Toronto, January 17, 1956:
0:56 Pavan
4:32 Galliard
This earliest recording we have of Gould’s Gibbons is straightforward and unornamented.
New York, Columbia recording, August 1, 1968:
6:16 Pavan
10:20 Galliard
Some ornamentation, especially in section 2 of the Pavan, and quite a bit of ’strumming’ of chords.
Toronto, Radio Broadcast, December 26, 1968:
12:11 Pavan
19:10 Galliard
Only a few months later (though I cannot rule out that these could be outtakes from the Columbia sessions), and there is a new conception of the piece: the ornamentation is now profuse. Even the written out ornaments are modified. Each section of the Pavan i