The Two And Three-Part Inventions
by Glenn Gould
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The Two And Three-Part Inventions is ranked 6th best out of 22 albums by Glenn Gould on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Glenn Gould is J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1956) which is ranked number 1818 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 930.
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(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 58 minutes ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 74 Music Albums of 1964 | 69/74 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 75 Music Albums of 1964 | 26/75 | 3 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 91 Music Albums of 1964 | 74/91 | 1 |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 44 Music Albums of 1964 | 44/44 | 0 |
| 2024 | albumceleste | Top 17 Music Albums of 1964 | 2/17 | 5 |
| 2022 |  NoisyBeast | 1960's ~ Wish List | 9/100 | - |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1964 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2019 |  Julelios | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2016 | Imaybeparanoid | Top 30 Music Albums of 1964 | 29/30 | 0 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1964 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Top 45 Music Albums of 1964 | 18/45 | 3 |
| 2011 | wwiilliiaamm | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 12/50 | - |
| 2010 | cbcake | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 11/50 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/04/2022 17:26 | TonySayers61 | 25,157 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2022 19:04 | LosWochos | 47,361 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2020 21:29 | Lisandro | 3,407 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2019 07:04 |  colonelchibbers | 2,967 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2019 09:46 | Julelios | 1,643 | 68/100 |
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The 2 part inventions are musical pieces written for 2 voices. There's never more than 2 notes sounding at the same time. The 3 part inventions are written for 3 voices. The counterpoint between those voices makes the melodic lines, harmonic frame, down to tempo and syncopated rythmic patterns and everything.
Gould's take on J.S.Bach's 2&3 part inventions is a milestone in recorded classical music.
I've listened to this album literally like a hundred times or more and it still delivers as always.
I'm not gonna put this nor any other classical/academic music album of past composer on my charts. It wouldn't be fair to XX-XXI century popular music.
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