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Work: Goldberg Variations, BWV988

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ComposerBach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
PeriodBaroque
Work typeInstrumental
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BambergCameron Carpenter spielt Bach und Mussorgsky

Bamberger Symphoniker
Bach, Mussorgsky
Cameron Carpenter, Organ

VallettaGoldberg Variations on Wind Instruments

Valletta Baroque Festival
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
Soloists of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra

BirguAurum Variations 988

Valletta Baroque Festival
Bach, Houtkamp, Armitage, Bosgraaf
Erik Bosgraaf; Tom Armitage; Jacqueline Hamelink; Luc Houtkamp

QuebecVíkingur Ólafsson au Club musical de Québec

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Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano

SiggiewiBach Cello Suites & More - Concert 1

Valletta Baroque Festival
Bach
Sébastian Hurtaud, Cello
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Mahan Esfahani performs the Goldberg Variations in Philadelphia

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The harpsichordist brought a highly personal, deeply engrossing interpretation that invited the listener to consider this familiar work anew.
*****
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In search of times past: Kolesnikov’s Goldberg Variations

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With a maturity beyond his years, Kolesnikov uses Bach's great work to cycle us through our moods and memories.
*****
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Tognetti releases the inner impulses of Bach

Richard Tognetti’s absorbing programme mixed Bach’s Goldberg Variations with Stravinsky and Adès, played impressively and with characteristic exuberance and finesse by the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
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Reimagining the Goldbergs as an orchestral period piece

Bernard Labadie’s orchestration of the Goldberg Variations came to feel strikingly close to the Brandenburgs, which is to suggest a certain achievement on his part. The arrangement was altogether convincing as Bachmusik.

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Perfectly secluded Goldbergs in the middle of Manhattan

Within the quietude, Pierre Hantaï played beautifully, blues and reds slowly drifting across the waves of wood behind him. It was dramatic yet subtle, occupying the eyes while the mind floated with Bach's variations.

****1
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