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Were I to be forced to listen to but one piece of music for the rest of my life, then J.S Bach’s Goldberg variations would be my immediate and unqualified nomination, and if I was given the opportunity to choose a specific recording, ... Read review
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I can scarcely believe this hasn’t been reviewed before.
Were I to be forced to listen to but one piece of music for the rest of my life, then J.S Bach’s Goldberg variations would be my immediate and unqualified nomination, and if I was given the opportunity to choose a specific recording, then the 1956 Glenn Gould would certainly be top of my list.
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Written in 1742, just eight years from his death, the ... ...achievement of any composer in the western tradition.
JS Bach came from a large extended family famous for their musical ability, for around a hundred years it was virtually compulsory that every aristocratic family in central Europe employed one of the Bach clan as their principal composer.
Bach lived at a crucially important period in musical history, the old tuning systems associated with ‘early’ music were being swept away as a greater understanding ...
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