Jeremy Denk - J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations '2013

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Aria
02. Variation 1
03. Variation 2
04. Variation 3: Canon on the unison
05. Variation 4
06. Variation 5
07. Variation 6: Canon on the second
08. Variation 7
09. Variation 8
10. Variation 9: Canon on the third
11. Variation 10: Fughetta
12. Variation 11
13. Variation 12: Canon on the fourth
14. Variation 13
15. Variation 14
16. Variation 15: Canon on the fifth
17. Variation 16: Overture
18. Variation 17
19. Variation 18: Canon on the sixth
20. Variation 19
21. Variation 20
22. Variation 21: Canon on the seventh
23. Variation 22: Alla breve
24. Variation 23
25. Variation 24: Canon on the octave
26. Variation 25
27. Variation 26
28. Variation 27: Canon on the ninth
29. Variation 28
30. Variation 29
31. Variation 30: Quodlibet
32. Aria da capo



Nonesuch releases pianist Jeremy Denk's recording of J.S. Bach's Goldberg
Variations on October 21, 2013. A companion DVD accompanies the album and
contains video "liner notes," with Denk demonstrating passages on the piano as
he explains certain details of the iconic piece. The beloved Bach work has long
been a staple of Denk's repertoire and his performances have received critical
praise. The New York Times has remarked on his "profound affinity with Bach,"
and the Philadelphia Inquirer called Denk's performance of this piece
"mesmerizing," noting that his "Bach is expressive, but not fussy or
overthought. Technically unbothered by the work's more explosive spots and
remarkably fluid in its scurrying passage work, he was able to make connections
between and among bits of material that sometimes occur many seconds apart."

Jeremy Denk has established himself as one of today's most thoughtful and
compelling pianists. He has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras of Boston,
Chicago, San Francisco, and London. This past season included a return to
Carnegie Hall in recital, as part of 13-city tour of the US, as well as a
performance of Bach's complete set of six keyboard concertos in a single evening
at Lincoln Center.

Denk's previous releases include a recording of music by Charles Ives, released
on his own Think Denk Media label, and a Nonesuch album of works by Beethoven
and Ligeti. He also is an avid chamber musician and a respected writer, both on
his blog and in such publications as The New Yorker. Denk is expanding a recent
article in that publication into a book that will be published by Random House. 

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