In short both versions are utterly wonderful, and if Lang Lang wins it’s only by the shortest of heads. He’s made the pilgrimage to Bach’s own church, St Thomas’s Church in Leipzig, and recorded the Goldberg Variations there in a live performance before a packed audience. This beautiful Aria was used in the movie Silence of the Lambs. When Bach heard of the plight of Goldberg’s boss, he penned the work. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. He apparently was a very gifted kid. And the piece is actually saturated in “worldly” musical characteristics of the Baroque era. Remixed from cassette tape. Here is a work that h... as meant a great deal to Alessandro and is dedicated to the memory of Maestro Fou Ts’ong. Sending everyone best wishes for the New Year. Bach's "Goldberg Variations" -- Variation #1 - multi-tracked guitar duo The 30 variations dazzle the listener with their inventiveness and variety. Explore our masterpiece guide to Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’ featuring Lang Lang’s studio and live recordings of the monumental work. Aug-11-2018, 20:24 #11. Goldberg Variations: Publication. The Chess Game, based on J.S. Bach loved virtuosity, and the Goldberg Variations is full of moments that could fairly be described as “flashy” – dazzling scale passages, risky hand-crossings. Lang Lang - Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria - YouTube Consequently, his approach in this recording celebrates the dance-like feeling so inherent to Bach’s music. Some restoration done on title-page. Bach: Complete Works for Harpsichord Vol. As well as being a disgrace, the sneerers couldn’t be more wrong. Gould seems to play at an almost inhuman speed and yet with complete accuracy. They both strike a nice balance between freedom and fidelity, observing all the repeats in the dances and entrancing the listener with a crystalline exactness of touch. Vm. 2 is a work Alessandro played for the Maestro and is given here in gratitude and love for their work together. Bach’s monumental Goldberg Variations is captured here on disc in what is virtually a “live” performance. They nod towards the sound-world of the original harpsichord version by evoking the its tinkly precision, while making discreet use of the piano’s sustaining pedal to add just a touch of sfumato to the music’s austere outlines, and here and there reinforcing the bass line. His exciting, unorthodox new way of playing Bach left listeners awestruck and critics around the world hailing him as a genius. At the other extreme, the little fughetta is invigoratingly robust, and in the virtuoso 26th Variation we get a welcome flash of the flashy Lang Lang. 4: J.S. Bach’s reputation as a fine composer reached the ears of Kaiserling, so Goldberg was sent to him to be well tutored. 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Gould only recorded the work twice, in 1955 and 1981. Bach loved virtuosity, and the Goldberg Variations is full of moments that could fairly be described as “flashy” – dazzling scale passages, risky hand-crossings. ... Open Goldberg Variations. The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, is a musical composition for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations.First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may also have been the first performer of the work. Ivan Hewett reviews two major new recordings of Bach's masterpiece, by Lang Lang and Pavel Kolesnikov. The 14 canons upon the first part of the basso appear at the end on a separate page. The date would have been Glenn Gould's 74th birthday, and what a gift Zenph created to give his fans.The Zenph re-performance is a revelation in its clarity, depth, and vibrancy. Read the first part about the Goldberg Variations and the way this comparison was planned here: Bach Goldberg Variations – The Best Recordings – … Skip navigation Lang Lang’s interpretation is grander, with a greater range of dynamics and tempi. Werner Schweer, editor. Among the variations are a pompous French Overture redolent of a King’s entrance at Versailles, a sprightly Italian dance called a Giga, and a jolly melange of German folk-tunes with suggestive words. Description from Zenph's website:Glenn Gould's debut album of Bach's Goldberg Variations was recorded in June 1955. Nos 1 and 2 contain a studio performance (not so different to the live one to be frank), and sandwiched between is a 37-page booklet with Lang Lang’s musings on the piece, plus umpteen moody photographs. This Goliath has been challenged by a David, in the form of a new recording by young Russian-born, British-domiciled pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. Pavel Kolesnikov’s version is on the whole lighter and fleeter. She told him she was planning to create a new dance piece for her company based on the Goldberg Variations, and asked whether he’d like to be the pianist for the tour. While Glenn Gould's 1955 debut recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations has attained legendary status, there are many devoted fans who rank the 1981 recording just as highly, even though it offers a dramatically different interpretation. J.S. Kolesnikov cheerfully admits that until a couple of years ago he’d never played the Goldberg Variations, and that it wasn’t at all on his mental horizon, and that he only learned it because of a chance meeting with the renowned Belgian choreographer Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker while studying in Brussels. But no. Both pianists relish the French decorative twiddles and twirls that festoon Bach’s notes like the stucco filigree inside a Baroque church, and both add a few more of their own. There have been some covertly racist sneers on social media, suggesting Lang Lang stick to Liszt barnstormers and leave the “sublime”, “otherworldly” Bach to more mature (and, by implication, white) pianists. As befits the man himself, slender and tousle-haired like a Russian elf, the new recording is a light-weight affair on a single CD, housed in one of Hyperion’s beautifully produced but decidedly unswanky CD sleeves. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, and vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: 1 Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria 05:20; 2 Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 1 a 1 Clav. The Giga and the Fughetta become pixie-ish, and the flowing variation which Lang Lang perhaps stretches out too luxuriantly here goes the other way, sounding almost offhand. Music is public domain, and it is from www.musopen.org Filmed in Oulu, Finland on a beautiful spring day. But more importantly, Lang Lang has as deep and wide knowledge of the piece as any pianist around. ms. 949]. For one thing, Bach’s great work is far from being otherworldly and pure. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, and vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Bach's Goldberg Variations, Part 1 (Variations 1-15) Consists of selections from Bach's Goldberg Variations BWV 988, performed on harpsichord, alternating with variations composed by John Lewis for harpsichord and piano, each based on the preceding original: Queens Pawn Opening Aria On Harpisichord Aria On Piano Lang Lang: Goldberg Variations (Deutsche Grammophon) ★★★★★, Pavel Kolesnikov: Goldberg Variations (Hyperion) ★★★★☆. After four days in the recording studio (in this case, London’s wonderful Henry Wood Hall), Angela had every variation on tape, but wanted to try the opening Aria again. In fact, the miraculous strings-of-pearls lightness is so entrancing the recording is worth having just for that. 02:07; 3 Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 2 a 1 Clav. He first played it entirely from memory at the age of 17, but in the 21 years since then has put himself humbly back to school, consulting the gurus of the “period performance movement” who understand the tiniest nuances of Baroque style such as conductor and harpsichordist Nikolaus Harnoncourt and performer on antique keyboards Andreas Staier. J.S. Happy to play and recompose Bach in a jazz-inflected modern idiom, he performed with an impish sense of humour which lends delight and legerdemain to his 1961 recording of the ‘Goldberg Variations’, made for L’Oiseau Lyre and receiving its first CD release. But until recently this iconic album was limited by the dated recording technology of its time.On September 25, 2006, history was made again. When I was researching some piano pieces on youtube with various pianists to find a good interpretation and role model for my piano student, I came casually along Tatjana Nikolajewa and fell in love with her piano playing style. The Columbia LP quickly became one of the most revered piano recordings ever made and Gould became the most famous classical artist of the day. Goldberg-Variationen, Op. 4, BWV 988: Variation 18, Canone alla Sesta (0.99 €) [01:38] Artist: Andrea Cantù Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach He was invited to collaborate with the extraordinary Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker for a performance of the Goldberg Variations in 2018, and formed much of his conception of the piece in collaboration with her. Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. 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