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    Lang Lang’s Goldbergs are deeply felt

    Oct 01, 2020 1 minute

    JS Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

    Lang Lang (piano)

    DG 481 8971 91:16 mins (2 discs)

    This release is a reminder that he is a magnificent musician

    Lang Lang has studied the for 20 years, and recording this work has been his dream. He played it from memory for Christoph Eschenbach when he was 17, and did so again for Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who told him he needed to communicate a greater sense of solitude; he consulted the harpsichordist Andreas Staier about pedal use, ornamentation, dynamics and the overall structure. In search for the right sound, he recorded the work for a live audience in Bach’s own church in Leipzig, then decided to complement that version with one recorded in the studio.

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