Leave it to the bean counters at Sony to accomplish the previously unimaginable: reducing Bach and Glenn Gould into Muzak.If you are interested in Gould's Bach recordings, start with his '81 (not the '56) recording of the Goldberg Variations or his Partitas. His French Suites are also excellent and are among Gould's more "normal" recordings. If you just want to learn and to understand Bach, stay away from Gould. That is because Gould's Bach recordings are far from the norm, although his musical ideas are always stimulating and at times controversial. I love his Bach dearly but it is an acquired taste. Gould played Bach to challenge his listeners to rethink the composer. Gould did not play Bach so that intellectually lazy morons can listen to it while taking their bubble baths.One star for this idiotic album because Amazon's dialog box lacks the option to choose anything less.If you just want background music, try Yanni.