Bach: Goldberg Variations

Johann Sebastian Bach, Murray Perahia - Bach: Goldberg Variations

Bach: Goldberg Variations
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Artist: Johann Sebastian Bach, Murray Perahia
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-10-03
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. Aria
  2. Variatio 1 a 1 Clav
  3. Variatio 2 a 1 Clav
  4. Variatio 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all' Unisuono
  5. Variatio 4 a 1 Clav
  6. Variatio 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
  7. Variatio 6 a 1 Clav. Canone all Seconda
  8. Variatio 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga
  9. Variatio 8 a 2 Clav.
  10. Variatio 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza
  11. Variatio 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta
  12. Variatio 11 a 2 Clav.
  13. Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta
  14. Variatio 13 a 2 Clav.
  15. Variatio 14 a 2 Clav.
  16. Variatio 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta in moto contrario
  17. Variatio 16 Overture a 1 Clav.
  18. Variatio 17 a 2 Clav.
  19. Variatio 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta
  20. Variatio 19 a 1 Clav.
  21. Variatio 20 a 2 Clav.
  22. Variatio 21 Canone alla Settima
  23. Variatio 22 Alla breve a 1 Clav.
  24. Variatio 23 a 2 Clav.
  25. Variatio 24 Canone all' Ottava a 1 Clav.
  26. Variatio 25 a 2 Clav.
  27. Variatio 26 a 2 Clav.
  28. Variatio 27 Canone alla Nona
  29. Variatio 28 a 2 Clav.
  30. Variatio 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
  31. Variatio 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
  32. Aria da capo

Music reviews of Bach: Goldberg Variations

Music Review: Simply Beautiful
Rating: 5 Stars

The Goldberg Variations occupy such an exalted place in the keyboard repertoire that it is sometimes lost on the pundits that this music is first and foremost meant to be enjoyed rather than worshipped.

And how I enjoyed this recording, which introduced me to the Goldberg Variations. I had not been a fervent fan of Bach, and had found pieces such as the Well Tempered Clavier tedious. But when I listened to this recording straight through for the first time, when the Aria returned at the end as if carrying with it a lifetime of memories and emotions, I felt I had completed a great journey, and a feeling of satisfaction washed over me.

I have since listened to many other recordings of the Goldberg Variations, and at least in my mind Perahia's remains the most beautiful. Simply beautiful.

Description of Bach: Goldberg Variations

Thanks to the Bach anniversary year, we've enjoyed a bonanza of interpretations of the master. One of the most honestly compelling--Murray Perahia's account of the Goldberg Variations--uniquely underscored the fundamental subtext behind all the celebration: the wondrous inexhaustibility of Bach's creative imagination. Perahia has come to a new understanding of Bach in the full prime of his career, and his first recording of this monument communicates the wealth of his insights with color, depth, and subtly charged poetry. --Thomas May
Listen to the music first! Perahia's booklet essay is a dry musicological treatise concerned with technical aspects of Bach's music. His performance, on the other hand, is filled with life and excitement. The kind of overt virtuosity heard in some of these variations has been a rarity in Perahia's recordings, but it shows how wide a range he intends to cover in his playing of this masterpiece. Unlike Glenn Gould, who is most listeners' touchstone for piano performances of the Goldbergs, Perahia takes Bach's necessary repeats and uses them as occasions for adventure, varying not only the emphases, but also the actual notes. This kind of embellishment in repeats was expected in Bach's time, but it's rare in ours. Also, taking the repeats doubles the length of the piece, making it a larger and more affecting experience--as long as the performer manages to keep those repeats alive, which Perahia certainly does. His playing of the famous 25th variation is deeply affecting without the faintest trace of sentimentality. The way he varies Bach's moods from moment to moment is extremely effective. This is, in short, one of the great recordings of Bach's "Goldberg" Variations. With Vladimir Feltsman's similarly revelatory performance currently out of the catalogs, Perahia's is probably the best piano version available. It's also one of his best recordings. --Leslie Gerber

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