Zhu Xiao-Mei - J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 '2016

Tracks list

Tracklist
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01. Goldberg Variations: Aria
02. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 1. A 1 Clav.
03. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 2. A 1 Clav.
04. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 3. Canone Allunisuono a 1 Clav.
05. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 4. A 1 Clav.
06. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 5. A 1 Ovvero 2 Clav.
07. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 6. Canone Alla Seconda a 1 Clav.
08. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 7. A 1 Ovvero 2 Clav. Al Tempo Di Giga
09. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 8. A 2 Clav.
10. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 9. Canone Alla Terza a 1 Clav.
11. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 10. Fughetta a 1 Clav.
12. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 11. A 2 Clav.
13. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 12. Canone Alla Quarta a 1 Clav.
14. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 13. A 2 Clav.
15. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 14. A 2 Clav.
16. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 15. Canone Alla Quinta a 1 Clav.
17. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 16. Ouverture a 1 Clav.
18. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 17. A 2 Clav..
19. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 18. Canone Alla Sexta a 1 Clav.
20. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 19. A 1 Clav.
21. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 20. A 2 Clav.
22. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 21. Canone Alla Settima a 1 Clav.
23. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 22. A 1 Clav.
24. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 23. A 2 Clav.
25. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 24. Canone Allottava a 1 Clav.
26. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 25. A 2 Clav.
27. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 26. A 2 Clav.
28. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 27. Canone Alla Nona a 2 Clav.
29. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 28. A 2 Clav.
30. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 29. A 1 Ovvero 2 Clav.
31. Goldberg Variations: Variatio 30. Quodlibet a 1 Clav.
32. Goldberg Variations: Aria da Capo

“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.“

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