Donald Satz wrote:

>Mitch Friedfeld responds to me:
>>>However, many folks consider Gould's 1981 Goldbergs his best.....
>>
>>Why not get both?  The excellent package, A State of Wonder, contains
>>both the 1955 and 1981 Gould Goldbergs......
>
>Good idea, but that isn't the conclusion.  There's also Gould's 1959
>Salzburg Festival version on Sony and a 1954 version on CBC that predates
>the famous 1955 release.  For a complete picture of Gould's approach to
>the Goldbergs, all four are needed.  And for all I know, there might be
>more versions out in the world just waiting to be plucked.  Concerning
>the 1954 version, just be aware that the sound quality is not good at
>all.

I don't know of any others; I am in total agreement with everything
else you say.  The 1959 Salzburg is quite remarkable: shows that
studio manipulation had nothing to do with his fabulous technique.

Deryk Barker
dbarker @camosun.bc.ca