Julian Rachlin & Friends - Bach's Goldberg Variations

Julian Rachlin & Friends

'Rachlin is the real thing, a virtuoso with a heart and the attitude of a champion,' according to the Los Angeles Times . Rachlin, violinist and conductor, brings his friends to the Kleine Zaal: violist Sarah McElravy and cellist Boris Andrianov. You will hear three passionate chamber musicians together in Bach's Goldberg Variations . The aria and forty variations, originally for harpsichord, are performed in an arrangement for strings by violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky.

Bach's Goldberg Variations

In 1955, a recording by Canadian pianist Glenn Gould shook the world: he performed Bach's Goldberg Variations , an absolute masterpiece that had been relatively unknown until then. After dozens of recordings on keyboard instruments, the version for string trio demonstrates just how superior the counterpoint of this masterpiece is. A lullaby for a German count in whose service Bach's pupil Johann Goldberg was? No, this 'Rubik's Cube of ingenuity and architecture' (NPR radio) is the pinnacle of the art of variation.