BaL 18.02.12 - Bach Goldberg Variations

[Richard Tarleton]

... £3-84 + p&p if you can cope with second-hand

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000004CYL

Thanks - should've scrolled down.....

But if forced to choose betwen Rousset, Gilbert, Leonhardt...?

[vinteuil]

Thanks - should've scrolled down.....

But if forced to choose betwen Rousset, Gilbert, Leonhardt...?

... obviously, you should get all three.

However if you can only afford £3-84 (plus p&p), and if having all the repeats is essential, then Rousset's your man.

[Thropplenoggin]

Thanks - should've scrolled down.....

But if forced to choose betwen Rousset, Gilbert, Leonhardt...?

I would join others in commending Céline Frisch. This is the version I know from Qobuz - again, unusual cover art. Samples here: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Alpha/ALPHA303



Also, Pierre Hantai, which can be auditioned here:

[Thropplenoggin]

Thanks, Tony, for a fascinating post. Please report back if you find that book on CPE Bach!

[Richard Tarleton]

... obviously, you should get all three.

However if you can only afford £3-84 (plus p&p), and if having all the repeats is essential, then Rousset's your man.

Ask a stupid question. Thank you

[Nick Armstrong]

#186 supra.

So much for the 'search thread' function....

[vinteuil]

Pierre Hantaï is very good and can be had reasonably here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Goldbe...re+hantai+bach
.

... and if you don't mind second-hand, even cheaper here -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000260T1

... belatedly, I realise that these might be different recordings. My reference is to his first one [1992]. The second recording dates from 2003.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000T6KEG

I am not sure whether Throppler's recommendation is the 1992 or 2003 ; I suspect the former.

Of course you should get both.


Curious how some of the editions have the Titian portrait the wrong way round -

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0000DEQDA

.

and some the right way round -

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00008I8ON

.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.41593.html

.

[umslopogaas]

That must be one of the more bizarre album covers. I may be missing something, but what does a sprouting potato have to do with Bach's Goldbergs?

[Bryn]

That must be one of the more bizarre album covers. I may be missing something, but what does a sprouting potato have to do with Bach's Goldbergs?

Perhaps you missed the name of the company who issued the disc. They are infamous for the lack of connection between their cover illustrations and the music on the associated disc.

Back to Rousset. His recording is also to be found in the L'Oiseau-Lyre Florilegium Series Baroque Era box. Very low pro-rata price.

[vinteuil]

Back to Rousset. His recording is also to be found in the L'Oiseau-Lyre Florilegium Series Baroque Era box. Very low pro-rata price.

... excellent tip!

[Thropplenoggin]

To add further clarity to vinteuil's clarification of the Hantai releases:

1) 1993 Opus 111/Naive



Reviews: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/...lbum_id=994927 and http://www.musicweb-international.co...chGoldberg.htm

2) 2003 Mirare



Review: http://www.musicweb-international.co...ach_hantai.htm

[Pulcinella]

To add further clarity to vinteuil's clarification of the Hantai releases:

1) 1993 Opus 111/Naive

2) 2003 Mirare

Thanks.
I hadn't realised that the Opus111 and Naive issues were one and the same.
I'm glad I've got the original Opus111 release/cover rather than the Spudulike Naive one.

[Lordgeous]

George Malcolm for me!
No doubt I'm biased because I had some lessons with him... but if you temporarily put 'HIPP' out of the frame, you just have to admire his audacious use of every single gadget and tweak that is available on the huge Robert Goble 'revivalist' harpsichord with its 8 pedals, with their 'half-hitch' and their potential for 'crescendo' and 'diminuendo' effects. The awesome end result, although not 'authentic', is above all MUSICAL, and no less authentic than playing the Goldbergs on a modern piano.

I too knew George, and like NK. used to turn pages for him at concerts and recordings. I dont believe he was that happy with his Goldbergs and always wished he could have another crack at it. He wasn't comfortable in the studio and much preferred performing live. I haven't listened to his version for years but will certainly dig it out again now. Its the centenary of his birth next year and i do hope the BBC will do some sort of tribute - NK would be the ideal presenter. A number of events are currently being planned.

[Bryn]

Get your George Malcolm Goldbergs here.

[Tony Halstead]

Get your George Malcolm Goldbergs here.

Wonderful, thank you!
My George Malcolm LPs are pretty well worn out.