J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Book I; Preludes And Fugues 1-8 (studio album)
by Glenn Gould

J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Book I; Preludes And Fugues 1-8 by Glenn Gould
Year: 1963
Overall rank: 62,081st   
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Award Top albums of the 1960s (3,375th)
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Glenn Gould bestography

J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Book I; Preludes And Fugues 1-8 is ranked 8th best out of 18 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 1859 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 893.

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Overall rank: 62,081st | 1960s rank: 3,375th | 1963 rank: 250th

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