After 20 years of study, Lang Lang finally decided he was ready to record Bach’s renowned Goldberg Variations, the “Everest of the keyboard repertoire”. The bassline of the tranquil opening Aria fuels the 30 variations heard before the work concludes by returning to the Aria. Variation7 has a dance-like dotted rhythm throughout. At one point Lang Lang slows the pace to sound “like a music box winding down”, an approach he varies in the repeat. Watch Lang Lang perform Bach’s Goldberg Variations: Variatio 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga Lang Lang – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga Listen to ‘Goldberg Variations’: Music video by Lang Lang performing J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Variatio 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga. © 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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