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Bach - Goldberg Variations -
Release Date: 1996-11-09, Audio CD, Capriccio |
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Bach - Goldberg Variations -
Release Date: 1999-10-01, Audio CD, Opus 111 |
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Bach - Goldberg Variations -
Release Date: 2006-03-20, Audio CD, Simax |
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The set of variations which Bach wrote for the young virtuoso Goldberg to play to their ... more
patron, the Russian ambassador, were intended to
be heard either in groups or one at a time.
Hewitt's sensitive and intelligent performance is
particularly notable for its tact and sense of
decorum. The use of piano instead of harpsichord
brings a forensic clarity and a plangent sense of
the music's emotional content without importing an
inappropriate level of drama to the proceedings.
She is particularly eloquent in some of the slower
variations, such as the intense and private No.
25, but is also highly effective in the
sprightlier dance movements, such as No. 19. --Roz
Kaveney
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The American pianist Murray Perahia's new Sony recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations has ... more
such presence and immediacy that you will find
yourself moved to listen to the entire 75-minute
work without a break. Indeed, it would have been
exceedingly rude not to, such is the power of this
CD. The variations flow one to the other with
hardly a break and no noticeable editing. The
stream of ideas emanating from the initial
haunting aria gathers momentum as the work
progresses. Variation Five is the first thrilling
lick. Variation Eight is a knuckle-knackering jig.
Perahia hits the keys with such crispness that the
bass strings twang like harpsichord notes.
Variation 11 is the first fugue. Is it dry and
dusty? No! It belts along like an arrogant
student. Variation 14 is a test of hand
crossing--you can hear the click of fingernails on
keys. Variation 15 is minor for the first time, 16
is regal, 17 features bubbling thirds. Variation
21 temporarily halts the composer's exuberance
with a sudden sombre lurch towards Luther like a
guilty sinner repenting. The whole disc is a
wonder from beginning to end and undoubtedly one
of the finest tributes released in Bach Year 2000.
--Rick Jones
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Crossover tends to be regarded as a recent phenomenon dreamt up by record company ... more
executives desperate to find a way of shifting
more classical records. But if you have come
across the likes of Jacques Loussier you will know
that it's all been going on for some while and for
much higher minded reasons. All of 40 years ago
Loussier identified that dour old Lutheran J S
Bach was at heart something of a jazzer and he's
been making a living on the back of it ever since.
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of JSB's death,
Loussier's dazzling trio returns to its favoured
territory with this take on the Goldberg
Variations, a series of double keyboard
harpsichord pieces written in 1742. Neatly for
jazz aficionados, the theme on which Bach so
neatly elaborated turns out to be based on the
same kind of 32 bar bass pattern that underpins so
many of Tin Pan Alley's greatest, but this
shouldn't be mistaken for a jazz album. Jazz fans
will certainly groove, but it should hit a wider
audience. Loussier has perhaps been here before,
but he is still a peerless pianist, and drummer
Andre Arpino confirms his status as one of the
best. --Stewart Collins
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Release Date: 2006-03-06, Audio CD, Harmonia Mundi |
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Bach - Goldberg Variations -
Release Date: 2007-08-06, Audio CD, Documents |
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Bach: Goldberg Variations -
Release Date: 2008-01-11, Audio CD, Ivory Classics |
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Bach: Goldberg Variations -
Release Date: 2009-06-23, Audio CD, Deutsche Grammophon |
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