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Johann Sebastian Bach, Beth Levin
J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (32) - Disc #1
1. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Aria
2. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 1
3. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 2
4. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 3. Canon On The Unison
5. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 4
6. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 5
7. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 6. Canon On The Second
8. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 7
9. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 8
10. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 9. Canon On The Third
11. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 10. Fughetta
12. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 11
13. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 12. Canon On The Fourth
14. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 13
15. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 14
16. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 15. Canon On The Fifth
17. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 16
18. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 17
19. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 18. Canon On The Sixth
20. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 19
21. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 20
22. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 21. Canon On The Seventh
23. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 22
24. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 23
25. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 24. Canon On The Octave
26. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 25
27. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 26
28. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 27. Canon On The Ninth
29. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 28
30. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 29
31. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 30. Quodlibet
32. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Aria Da Capo

CD Details

All Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach, Beth Levin
Title: J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Centaur
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 5/27/2008
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 044747292724

CD Reviews

At last - a unified interpretation!

David Silver | 06/12/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Few pianists have found and projected the overall "wholeness" of the Goldberg Variations, all too often giving individual variations such idiosyncratic "interpretations" as to isolate them from the whole. Not so in this thoughtful, economical, and warmly humane recording by Rudolf Serkin protegee Beth Levin. Part of its attraction and ultimate success lies in it being a "live" recording, rather than a heavily-micro-edited studio fabrication. This performance has just moved to the top of my favorite Goldbergs list, and I cannot recommend it highly enough."

An elegant recording

Neil W. | Baltimore | 04/30/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Beth Levin's performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations is wonderful. She has terrific technique. Her playing is sensitive, nuanced, at appropriate times powerful, and her interpretations well thought out. I am very glad I purchased this recording and recommend it highly.

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