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Víkingur Ólafsson Dazzles Istanbul With His Goldberg Variatons

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“I actually felt my heart beat faster and faster until the final G major chord”
Reviewed at Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Albert Long Hall, Istanbul on 7 June 2017
Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV988
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano
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