Bach: Goldberg Variations
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Composer: Johann Sebastian BachPerformer: Julian Rachlin
Performer: Mischa Maisky
Performer: Nobuko Imai
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-04-10
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- Aria
- Variation 1
- Variation 2
- Variation 3. Canone all'Unisono
- Variation 4
- Variation 5
- Variation 6. Canone alla Seconda
- Variation 7. Al tempo di Giga
- Variation 8
- Variation 9. Canone alla Terza
- Variation 10. Fughetta
- Variation 11
- Variation 12. Canone alla Quarta
- Variation 13
- Variation 14
- Variation 15. Canone alla Quinta. Andante
- Variation 16. Ouverture
- Variation 17
- Variation 18. Canone alla Sesta
- Variation 19
- Variation 20
- Variation 21. Canone alla Settima
- Variation 22
- Variation 23
- Variation 24. Canone all'Ottava
- Variation 25. Adagio
- Variation 26
- Variation 27. Canone alla Nona
- Variation 28
- Variation 29
- Variation 30. Quodlibet
- Aria da Capo
Free Music Notes for Bach: Goldberg Variations
Free Music Review: not outstanding
Hit: 3 Stars
Now I wonder why I even bought this thing, since I have the original orfeo recording of this arrangement of the Goldberg variations for string trio. My overall objection is the "fussy" playing throughout. Few variations are played with any brio. Many variations or major sections are played softly throughout, apparently in an attempt to introduce marked contrasts between the variations, but this results in a large fraction of the variations being very unsatisfying on their own. I'd prefer the orfeo recording, or one of the recordings by a chamber orchestra, or Angela Hewitt on piano, Andras Schiff on Piano, or one of the standard harpsichord versions.
Bach: Goldberg Variations Poster
Bach's Goldberg Variations, like so many other of the master's works, proves remarkably adaptable for a string trio. Purists may balk at such arrangements, but Bach himself was an avid arranger of other composer's works, often shedding new light on them with his transfer to a different medium. That's what happens in Dmitri Sitkovetsky's arrangement of the Goldbergs for string trio, an ensemble that can - and does, in this performance - bring a greater tonal variety and expressiveness to the work than is available to the harpsichord. The trio members here are noted soloists in their own right, but play together beautifully as an ensemble. Rachlin's sweet-toned violin adds flavor, Imai's dusky viola projects inner lines with authority, and Maisky tones down his huge cello sound to provide a fitting foundation to the ensemble. Their light-hearted Variation 8, a Gigue, is aptly playful; Variation 21 gets a soulful performance, Variation 24 offers blistering virtuosity, while they demonstrate gentle sweetness and warmth in the Adagio, Variation 25. The music is marvelous, the playing superb, and the sonics are lifelike. This one should not be missed. -- Dan DavisClassical Music CDs
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