Goldberg Variations Archive
BACH: Goldberg Variations – Beatrice Rana – Warner Classics
J. S. BACH: Goldberg Variations – Beatrice Rana – Warner Classics 88018, 77:45 (2/24/17) *****: One of the great Goldbergs of our time by a young Italian artist An injunction I made some years ago has been largely ignored: No more recordings of the Goldberg Variations until all of the 555 sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti […]
BACH: Goldberg Variations – Zhu Xiao-Mei, p. (2014)
BACH: Goldberg Variations – Zhu Xiao-Mei, p. (2014) Zhu Xiao-Mei life’s work culminates in her profoundly personal live performance at Leipzig’s St. Thomas Church. BACH: Goldberg Variations complete perf. by Zhu Xiao-Mei, piano Director: Paul Smaczny Studio: Accentus Music 42 6023483 076 7 (10/14) [Distr. by Naxos] Video: for 16:9 screens, color Audio: PCM Stereo, […]
BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 – Bassoon Consort Frankfurt – MDG
BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 – Bassoon Consort Frankfurt – Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm multichannel SACD MDG 903 1914-6, 76:51 (10-30-15) (also 2+2+2) [Distr. by eOne] *****: A most unusual instrumental arrangement of Bach’s Goldbergs. Since it was first written, Bach’s music has been rewritten. First it was by Bach himself in numerable re-uses, elaborations […]
BACH: Goldberg Variations – Alexandre Tharaud, p. – Erato/Warner Classics + video DVD
BACH: Goldberg Variations – Alexandre Tharaud, piano – Erato/Warner Classics 0825646051779, 75:13 + video DVD (16:9), PCM stereo (12/4/15) *****: After a slow, elegant, spaced-out Aria theme, relentlessly hip Alexandre Tharaud proceeds to give a freewheeling 21st century piano virtuoso’s bird’s eye view of the Goldberg Variations. Whatever the attitudes he adopts as he proceeds […]
BACH: Goldberg Variations – Lars Vogt, piano – Ondine
Having delayed his recording for nearly 20 years, Lars Vogt offers a compelling reading of Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
BACH-SITKOVETSKY: Goldberg Variations – Britten Sinfonia /Thomas Gould – Harmonia mundi
A Bach transcription for string orchestra that satisfies.
BACH: Goldberg Variations (Aria and 30 Variations) – Glenn Gould, piano – Columbia (1955)/ Pristine Audio (48/24 download)
A new hi-res digital remastering of Gould’s classic 1955 Bach: Goldberg Variations.
BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV988 – Hristo Kazakov, piano BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV988 – Takae Ohnishi, harpsichord – Bridge
An interesting comparison of competing piano and harpsichord versions of the Goldbergs.
Glenn Gould Plays Bach – 6 CD box reissue set – Sony Classical
A fine testament to Gould’s unusual way with Bach, in improved remastered audio and at bargain price.
BACH: Goldberg Variations (arr. Richard Boothby) – Fretwork – Harmonia mundi (2 CDs)
Should the Goldberg Variations be off-limits to arrangements? Fretwork makes it difficult to argue the case.
BACH: Goldberg Variations – Ito Ema, p. – MA Recordings DVD-ROM BACH: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 2 & 3 – Martin Zeller, c. – MA Recordings DVD-ROM
Bach in hi-res on DVD-ROMs.
BEETHOVEN: 33 Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120; 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 – Gary Cooper, fortepiano – Channel Classics
Interpretively, Cooper’s Diabelli Variations is fine, but I have issues with the instrument he’s chosen.
BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 – Stefan Vladar, piano – Preiser Records
Stefan Vladar’s 1996 vivid reading of Bach Goldbergs returns to the catalogue for our delectation.
*BACH: The Goldberg Variations – Glenn Gould’s 1955 performance re-created in modern hi-res surround sound and hi-res binaural sound by Zenph – Sony Classical
************ MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH **********
Climb inside Glenn Gould’s head at the keyboard by simply plugging in your headphones on tracks 33-64
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