BACH: Daniel Barenboim plays the Goldberg Variations (DVD)

In 1741 Johann Sebastian Bach published the fourth and last volume of his most extensive keyboard publication, the Clavier-Übung: an aria and thirty variations known universally as the ‘Goldberg’ Variations. This monumental work, which is about eighty minutes long, is unquestionably one of the towering masterpieces of Western music. At times the ‘Goldberg’ Variations anticipate the keyboard writing of nearly a hundred years later. They present the performer with a great challenge, which Daniel Barenboim successfully addresses by using the piano to ‘orchestrate’ the music, creating the illusion of clearly defined instrumental sounds. Recorded at Bavaria Musikstudios Munich, 1992, Directed by Christopher Nupen. Produced by Metropolitan Munich in association with Allegro Films.

Region code
0
Picture format NTSC 16:9
Sound format
PCM Stereo
Release March 1, 2012
Total running time 100 mins
Details running time 90 mins (Concert), 10 mins (Bonus)
Booklet notes English, French, German
No. of discs 1
Bonus Daniel Barenboim introduces the ‘Goldberg’ Variations (in English)

Repertoire
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988