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

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