Bach: Goldberg Variations

Murray Perahia
Label: Sony
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Audio CD
Release date:3rd October 2000

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Track Listing

1. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Aria
2. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 1 a 1 Clav
3. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 2 a 1 Clav
4. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all' Unisuono
5. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 4 a 1 Clav
6. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
7. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 6 a 1 Clav. Canone all Seconda
8. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga
9. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 8 a 2 Clav.
10. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza
11. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta
12. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 11 a 2 Clav.
13. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta
14. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 13 a 2 Clav.
15. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 14 a 2 Clav.
16. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta in moto contrario
17. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 16 Overture a 1 Clav.
18. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 17 a 2 Clav.
19. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta
20. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 19 a 1 Clav.
21. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 20 a 2 Clav.
22. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 21 Canone alla Settima
23. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 22 Alla breve a 1 Clav.
24. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 23 a 2 Clav.
25. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 24 Canone all' Ottava a 1 Clav.
26. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 25 a 2 Clav.
27. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 26 a 2 Clav.
28. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 27 Canone alla Nona
29. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 28 a 2 Clav.
30. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
31. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
32. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Aria da capo

Amazon.com's Best of 2000

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

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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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