Zhu Xiao-mei - Bach: Goldberg Variations [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.In this work', says Zhu Xiao?Mei, 'Bach gave musical expression to life in all of its infinite facets'. The Chinese pianist's name is inextricably linked to that of Johann Sebastian Bach. For Zhu Xiao?Mei the special quality of the Goldberg Variations lies in the fact that all human emotions and feelings find expression here. 'I love them above all else, each day a little more, and I have always wanted to share this love with others...' Since her first pioneering recording of the Goldberg Variations more than twenty years ago, Zhu Xiao?Mei has played the work several hundred times at recitals all over the world. Through the encounter with her audiences she has evolved a new vision of the work, which she is now presenting to listeners in the form of this new CD recording. 'It is the cyclical character of the work that I believe affects listeners the most. It begins and ends in the same way. And when we again hear the Aria, we have the impression that we have understood something. It is about life and death. The Chinese will quote Lao Tzu: 'The return is the movement of Tao'. Christians will talk about eternal life. It is also about the idea that there is no ending. And so there is hope'.

1. Aria

2. Variation 1

3. Variation 2

4. Variation 3: Canone All'unisono

5. Variation 4

6. Variation 5

7. Variation 6: Canone Alla Seconda

8. Variation 7

9. Variation 8

10. Variation 9: Canone Alla Terza

11. Variation 10: Fughetta

12. Variation 11

13. Variation 12: Canone Alla Quarta

14. Variation 13

15. Variation 14

16. Variation 15: Canone Alla Quinta

17. Variation 16: Ouverture

18. Variation 17

19. Variation 18: Canone Alla Sexta

20. Variation 19

21. Variation 20

22. Variation 21: Canone Alla Settima

23. Variation 22

24. Variation 23

25. Variation 24: Canone All'ottava

26. Variation 25

27. Variation 26

28. Variation 27: Canone Alla Nona

29. Variation 28

30. Variation 29

31. Variation 30: Quodlibet

32. Aria Da Capo

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