Johann Sebastian Bach, Murray Perahia - Bach: Goldberg Variations
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Artist: Johann Sebastian Bach, Murray PerahiaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-10-03
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Aria
- Var 1
- Var 2
- Var 3: Canon On The Unison
- Var 4
- Var 5
- Var 6: Canon On The Second
- Var 7
- Var 8
- Var 9: Canon On The Third
- Var 10: Fughetta
- Var 11
- Var 12: Canon On The Fourth
- Var 13
- Var 14
- Var 15: Canon On The Fifth
- Var 16: Ov
- Var 17
- Var 18: Canon On The Sixth
- Var 19
- Var 20
- Var 21: Canon On The Seventh
- Var 22
- Var 23
- Var 24: Canon On The Octave
- Var 25
- Var 26
- Var 27: Canon On The Ninth
- Var 28
- Var 29
- Var 30: Quodlibet
- Aria Da Capo
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Free Music Review: Perahia at his best
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the most beautiful performances of the Goldberg Variations ever. Perahia allows the listener to hear the music anew, offers a definitive interpretation, but always gives prominence to Bach. For me this is a much more satisfying performance than Gould's, which amazingly still has its cult devotees. Gould's Goldberg is about Gould, not about Bach. Perahia's Goldberg is about Music.
Bach: Goldberg Variations Poster
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 MayListen 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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