Advantages: Great piano playing of a great Bach composition. Disadvantages: None
One of Gould's final recordings, this is probably the definitive piano version of Bach's keyboard masterpiece. Gould runs the theme & thirty variations as a unified whole. His playing is characterised by clear fast passages, crisp ornaments and controlled, intense playing of the slow variations (nos.15 & 26). Even his humming along to the music does not detract from a joyous performance. The final section from variation 27 to the slow return to the theme is pianism at its most uplifting.
The piano sound is clear without being dry & compares favourably with most up to date piano recordings. This is a disc to convert anyone to Bach & indeed to Gould's pianistic genius. ...
Advantages: Elegant, refreshingly stimulating, articulate Goldberg Variations. Disadvantages: (For US residents) Import CD from British Hyperion label costs more than the average.
lifetime (he may have played an infant version of the pianoforte then), Hewitt's reading of the Goldbergs make them seem equally appropriate for the modern grand piano (a Steinway, in her case). A strong sense of the Baroque remains fully intact: its stateliness, grace and sheer loveliness revealed within the carefully created complexities of composition.
Today, I admit to a preference for Hewitt's Goldbergs over Perahia's, lovely as Murray's are. To those who?ve yet remained unaware of Hewitt?s pianistic gifts, a great discovery is what I bring you here. It?s imperative for all lovers of Bach and Baroque music to get acquainted with Angela Hewitt. Do try to get a copy of this and other Hewitt CDs, then luxuriate in the wondrous simplicity amidst complexity that is the music of J. S. Bach. These excellent GoldbergVariations are not a bad ...
Advantages: Romantic orchestral music Disadvantages: Only 1 hour - eat quickly for a romantic dinner
example of the exquisite music composed by Bach. Each of three concertos on the album complies with the standard concerto form favored by Bach of three contrasting movements ? fast, slow, fast.
The first piece, Concerto in E minor, has a fast opening movement in which the solo violin, played by Anne-Sophie Mutter, flirts with the larger orchestral group with an infectious cheerfulness. The second movement is quieter, slower and more reflective where the violin sings out day-dreamily. The piece ends with a fast, happy dance-like movement.
Salvatore Accardo joins Anne-Sophie Mutter for the second piece, Concerto for two violins in D minor. This is probably the best known of Bach?s concertos. In the opening Vivace (lively) movement, the two soloists converse together in a quasi fugue. The first violin making a statement answered by ...
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