In this album, Glen Gould demonstrates another facet of his Protean music personality. With these performances of his own transcriptions of excerpts from the works of Richard Wagner, he proves, beyond doubt, to be an interpreter whose knowledge of his basic material reveals a true correspondence of edge of his basic material reveals a true correspondence of feeling with the original author. More, he shows himself to be a creator of extraordinary imagination and fidelity in his transformation of Wagner's orchestral sonorities into the languages of the piano.

Mr. Gould's transcription of the "Siegfried Idyll" was premiered on a radio recital for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in early 1973. Including herewith are some first-person program notes in the form of a conversation between Glenn Gould and C.B.C. announcer Ken Haslam on the pitfalls and pleasures of piano.

Track Listing 1. Meistersinger Prelude
2. Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey from 'Gotterdammerung'
3. Siegfried Idyll