Says it all ...

Illustration: Sam Rodriguez

Glen Gould, the electrified and connected recluse, is my favorite pianist. Intense, passionate, intellectual and equipped with technique to the 9s, his take on Bach, Beethoven and Scriabin remains forever timeless.

J.S.Bach "The Goldberg Variations" [ Glenn Gould ] (1955)

"No supreme pianist has ever given of his heart and mind so overwhelmingly while showing himself so sparingly,” said Gould's close friend, the violinist Yehudi Menuhin.

Says it all indeed.