Fazil Say interprets Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations, one of the essentials of the keyboard repertoire. Far-reaching in the compendium of emotions and sentiments it embraces, it offers endless possibilities for interpretation. The transparency, delicacy, and fantasy in the treatment of the theme and variations, not to mention perfection, puts the Goldberg Variations at the pinnacle of Bachian keyboard writing. Tonight’s program was recorded live in concert October 18, 2023 in Martigny, Switzerland’s Fondation Pierre Giannada.
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