Name: Bach, JS: Goldberg Variations par Alexandre Tharaud
Brand: Alexandre Tharaud
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The pianist Alexandre Tharaud reportedly withdrew for months from concert life to prepare for this recording of Bach's monumental Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. His efforts are evident in the performance, in which every variation has some carefully considered turn. What keeps the performance from seeming fussy is Tharaud's attention to overall architecture, which is original and even bold. He is circumspect in the earlier variations, playing precisely and a bit deliberately. The work's climaxes come not in the slow variations in the later part of the work, which here are more nocturnes than mysterious oracles that seek to break on through to the other side, but in the faster variations, whose increasing contrapuntal density is unerringly detailed and spun into colors of deeper brilliance. It's hard to pick out one variation that gives the flavor of a performance as well-woven as this one, but sample the later canons, where Tharaud's left hand radiates forth brilliantly. Fine sound from Erato/Warner Classics engineers, working at the Aix-en-Provence Conservatory, is a major attraction, as is the presence of a DVD that shows Tharaud's intense concentration memorably. A major breakthrough for this artist, and a worthwhile Goldberg Variations by any standard.
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Bach, JS: Goldberg Variations

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1. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria

2. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 1

3. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 2

4. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 3. Canone all'unisono

5. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 4

6. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 5

7. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 6. Canone alla seconda

8. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 7. Al tempo di giga

9. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 8

10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 9. Canone alla terza

11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 10. Fughetta

12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 11

13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 12. Canone alla quarta

14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 13

15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 14

16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 15. Canone alla quinta

17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 16. Overture

18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 17

19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 18. Canone alla sesta

20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 19

21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 20

22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 21. Canone alla settima

23. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 22. Alla breve

24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 23

25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 24. Canone all'ottava

26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 25. Adagio

27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 26

28. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 27. Canone alla nona

29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 28

30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 29

31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 30. Quodlibet

32. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da capo

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