Glenn Gould plays a musical excerpt from the Chrysothemis monologue from Richard Strauss's one-act opera: Elektra, Op. 58.
There are four performances recorded, three of which are from archival piano testing tapes. The final and most polished performance is from the "Conversations with Glenn Gould," Glenn Gould and Humphrey Burton on Strauss.
0:00 Piano Test at Eaton Auditorium, Toronto, March 11, 1976
6:48 Piano Test at Convocation Hall, University of Toronto, March 9 or September 3, 1978
9:53 Piano Test at Orillia Opera House, November 2, 1981
17:20 "Conversations with Glenn Gould" [BBC], April 19, 1966
There are four performances recorded, three of which are from archival piano testing tapes. The final and most polished performance is from the "Conversations with Glenn Gould," Glenn Gould and Humphrey Burton on Strauss.
0:00 Piano Test at Eaton Auditorium, Toronto, March 11, 1976
6:48 Piano Test at Convocation Hall, University of Toronto, March 9 or September 3, 1978
9:53 Piano Test at Orillia Opera House, November 2, 1981
17:20 "Conversations with Glenn Gould" [BBC], April 19, 1966
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