Bach's Goldberg Variations
03/30/21 • 53 min
In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott explores one of the mightiest works for the keyboard: Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Goldberg Variations'. Today, it stands alongside the St Matthew Passion, the Mass in B minor, The Art of Fugue and the Musical Offering as an eternal musical monument.
This episode features four different recordings, headed by Lang Lang's 2020 Deutsche Grammophon album:
BACH: Goldberg Variations
Lang Lang, piano
DG 481 8971
DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/usjMcRfFYP
BACH: Goldberg Variations (Extended Edition)
Lang Lang, piano
DG 481 9701
DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/zomHEe0QYP
BACH: Goldberg Variations
George Malcolm, harpsichord
Decca Eloquence 482 8439
DISCOVER: https://Eloquence.lnk.to/000289482843...
BACH: Goldberg Variations
Julian Rachlin, violin; Nobuko Imai, viola; Mischa Maisky, cello
DG 477 6378
DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/0PYI5JJY
BACH: Goldberg Variations
Catrin Finch, harp
DG 4778097
DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/SYQjBjv0
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott explores one of the mightiest works for the keyboard: Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Goldberg Variations'. Today, it stands alongside the St Matthew Passion, the Mass in B minor, The Art of Fugue and the Musical Offering as an eternal musical monument.
This episode features four different recordings, headed by Lang Lang's 2020 Deutsche Grammophon album:
BACH: Goldberg Variations
Lang Lang, piano
DG 481 8971
DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/usjMcRfFYP
BACH: Goldberg Variations (Extended Edition)
Lang Lang, piano
DG 481 9701
DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/zomHEe0QYP
BACH: Goldberg Variations
George Malcolm, harpsichord
Decca Eloquence 482 8439
DISCOVER: https://Eloquence.lnk.to/000289482843...
BACH: Goldberg Variations
Julian Rachlin, violin; Nobuko Imai, viola; Mischa Maisky, cello
DG 477 6378
DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/0PYI5JJY
BACH: Goldberg Variations
Catrin Finch, harp
DG 4778097
DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/SYQjBjv0
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This episode features the 2017 Deutsche Grammophon recording:
GLASS: Piano Works
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
DG 479 6918
DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/GlassPianoID
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This episode of Classics Unlocked featured the following recording:
BEETHOVEN ODYSSEY
Colin Davis, conductor
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Decca Eloquence 484 1728 (12-CD)
DISCOVER: https://Eloquence.lnk.to/00028948417285OA
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