Andrea Padova won the J S Bach International Piano Competition in 1995 and from that moment began recording several CDs devoted to Bach's keyboard works.

In the execution of this CD, the variations are not only divided into groups (in all the cases in which Bach left an esoteric indication) - Padova has chosen not simply to place one variation after another but to link them so that the end of one flows directly into the beginning of the next.

"The pianist Andrea Padova turns sound into poetry. His virtuosity, sensitively managed, resounds through every measure... the "Goldberg" Variations remains the wildest of musical fantasies. Padova's wizardry and articulation gave the music its needed momentum, conveying the sense of successfully exceeding the limits of human possibility" - The Washington Post