Friday afternoon cultural interlude

Glenn Gould and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, play Bach.



Bernstein, classical music's superstar, allegedly hated Gould, whose Goldberg Variations was the best selling classical album recorded up to that time.

Thank you for your attention to this mid-eighteenth century moment. The blog will return to regularly scheduled music, circa 1969-1974, shortly.