Alexandre Tharaud - Bach: Goldberg Variations

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Artikel Name: Bach: Goldberg Variations
Genre: Soloinstr. ohne Orchester Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: ERATO Titelanzahl: 32

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THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Aria THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 1 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 2 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 3: Canone all Unisuono THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 4 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 5 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 6: Canone alla Seconda THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 7 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 8 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 9: Canone alla Terza THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 10: Fughetta THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 11 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 12: Canone alla Quarta THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 13 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 14 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 15: Canone alla Quinta THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 16: Ouvertura THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 17 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 18: Canone alla Sexta THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 19 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 20 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 21: Canone alla Septima THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 22: Alla breve THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 23 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 24: Canone alla Ottava THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 25 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 26 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 27: Canone alla Nona THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 28 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 29 THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Variation 30: Quodlibet THARAUD,ALEXANDRE - Aria da Capo e fine

Beschreibung

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.

James Manheim