Addictive
Few music is as addictive as Gould's performances of Bach. Kind of a drug, but far healthier! When you start listening the first prelude in C major staccato-like just like nobody else played it before, you're sure you're listening to something unique.

A copy of this recording should be in each home.

Bach and Gould
The Glenn Gould Edition - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II

Bach never fails to please! And Glenn Gould gives (to me) the ultimate interpretation. Each time I play either one, I find something new to enjoy

The genius of a madman
Of all the pianists in my collection Gould and Lipati stand out as men of unequalled genius.

How many times have you had a musically sophisticated guest have his mouth hang open, and ask again and again to hear a prelude from the WTC just one more time?

Sure Gould was nuts, but nuts with the gift of the gods.

Passion
I recently listened to an MP3 recording of Bach's WTC Book I by Glenn Gould. I know the music well having listened so many times to the recordings by Andras Schiff and Angela Hewitt. Gould's recording was a revelation. While there is a considerable amount of backgound noise (perhaps Gould humming as he has in other recordings), the sound of the piano is bright and forward much to my liking and considerably better than the distant and muffled sound from Schiff's effort. What makes the recording remarkable, however, is the definite passion Gould seems to present in this recording. I do not at all agree with the review by Mr. Lee of last year. Gould was clearly an iconoclast in some ways; yet his approach to so many of Bach's great works using his unique sense of rhythm, timing, and emphasis brought out a living presence not found in the recordings of others that I have listened to (at least with the WTC). I hope to obtain a CD as soon as possible.

Best CD I Own.
If I could give this album 10 stars, I would. To me it is the platonic ideal for music. These 24 pieces from Bach are important fundamental building blocks for all of music, and Gould interprets them in ways that allows their greatness to come through. These performances never get stale. I started my toddler kids off in listening to both WTC Book 1 and 2, and they loved them immediately. Even now, if given a choice of what CD to put on they will usually choose one of the WTC CD's. I tend to be underdramatic, but when I listen to this composer and this performer and see how my kids respond, I feel like its a gift from God.