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The story of how the variations came to be composed comes from an early biography of Bach by Johann Nikolaus Forkel: [1] [For this work] we have to thank the instigation of the former Russian ambassador to the electoral court of Saxony, Count Kaiserling, who often stopped in Leipzig and brought there with him the aforementioned Goldberg, in order to have him given musical instruction by Bach.
Bach: The Goldberg Variations is the debut album of Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould.An interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations (BWV 988), the 1956 record launched Gould's career as a renowned international pianist, and became one of the most well-known piano recordings. [1]
Open Goldberg Variations embraces open standards and coined the term "Open Source Bach" [6] in reference to the ideals of Open Source Software. The score and the recording were released into the public domain using the Creative Commons Zero ( CC0 ) license tool [ 7 ] on May 28, 2012.
This is a list of commercial or professional recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, organized chronologically. The list is sortable by clicking on the small arrows at the top of each column.
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations is a live solo classical album by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett recorded at the Yatsugatake Kohgen Ongakudoh in Japan over three days in January 1989 and released on the ECM New Series later that year, consisting a complete performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations on harpsichord.
Jacques Loussier (26 October 1934 – 5 March 2019) was a French pianist and composer. He arranged jazz interpretations of many of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, such as the Goldberg Variations.
Later examples can be found as the opening movement of each of Johann Sebastian Bach's orchestral suites, Partita in D major, BWV 828, C minor Cello Suite, BWV 1011, and as an opening to many operas and oratorios by George Frideric Handel (including Messiah and Giulio Cesare). The 16th of Bach's Goldberg Variations is a miniature French overture.
Sir Donald Francis Tovey's Essays in Musical Analysis [1] [2] are a series of analytical essays on classical music. The essays came into existence as programme notes , written by Tovey, to accompany concerts given (mostly under his own baton) by the Reid Orchestra in Edinburgh .