Pianists are measured against one another by how they handle benchmark compositions. For instance, with their rigor and accessibility, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations helped bestow master ...

An early biography of composer J.S. Bach by Johann Nikolaus Forke tells the story of how the famous variations known as Goldberg Variations came to be. Bach received a commission from Count Hermann ...

Chinese pianist Lang Lang went from being just one more fresh-faced and precocious teenaged phenomenon twenty years ago with his debut recording on Telarc, Lang Lang (2001), featuring the heady ...

Pianist Lang Lang attends the release ceremony of his latest recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Goldberg Variations" on Sept. 4, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Beijing Youth Daily/VCG via Getty Images) ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — When Johann Sebastian Bach had his “Keyboard exercise, consisting of an ARIA with diverse variations for harpsichord with two manuals” published by Balthasar Schmid in Nuremberg in ...

Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson passionately confessed his deep affection for Johann Sebastian Bach and the “Goldberg Variations.” “I have been dreaming about recording the Goldberg Variations for ...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” has taken on an iconic place in today’s music world ever since Canadian pianist Glenn Gould’s blockbuster recording of the work in 1956. At least one ...

It is being released on Deutsche Grammophon today in two complementary performances given by the pianist. The first was recorded in a single take in concert at the legendary St. Thomas Church in ...

London-based virtuoso Pavel Kolesnikov has the “Midas touch” as he tackles a baroque masterpiece. Shadow of Fear, one of the finest electronic albums released this year, is up there with Cabaret ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Parker Ramsay thinks so. He has arranged the “Goldberg” Variations, a keyboard classic, for the modern pedal harp. By Parker Ramsay I suppose I have ...