Was Sviatoslav Richter using the pedal in his recordings for Well-Tempered Clavier?

1. Did Glenn Gould use pedals?
2. What was the significance of Bach's composition The Well-Tempered Clavier?
3. What instrument did Bach write the Well-Tempered Clavier for?

Did Glenn Gould use pedals?

By some, it's considered a mark of distinction to play J. S. Bach's music on the modern piano using no pedal. Glenn Gould often did.

What was the significance of Bach's composition The Well-Tempered Clavier?

In Bach's own words The Well-Tempered Clavier was composed “for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning and especially for the pastime of those already skilled in this study.”

What instrument did Bach write the Well-Tempered Clavier for?

The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, is two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time Clavier, meaning keyboard, indicated a variety of instruments, most typically the harpsichord or clavichord but not excluding the organ.