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JS Bach - Goldberg Variations (arr. J Koffler for Small Orchestra) | Linn CKD609

JS Bach - Goldberg Variations (arr. J Koffler for Small Orchestra)

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Label: Linn

Cat No: CKD609

Barcode: 0691062060929

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 9th October 2020

Contents

Artists

Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble
The Glenn Gould School

Conductor

Trevor Pinnock

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (arr. Jozef Koffler)

Artists

Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble
The Glenn Gould School

Conductor

Trevor Pinnock

About

This new recording of Józef Koffler’s arrangement of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations has been widely anticipated since Trevor Pinnock conducted the UK premiere at Wigmore Hall in 2019.

The Goldberg Variations were still largely unfamiliar to the musical public when Józef Koffler completed his extraordinary arrangement – for flute, oboe, cor anglais, bassoon and strings – in 1938. Over sixty years on, the Goldberg Variations are ubiquitous. Bach’s encyclopaedic marvel of digital gymnastics and musical invention is regularly performed and recorded. Koffler’s arrangement cleverly reimagines the work in a naturalistic and compelling way.

In its second transatlantic musical collaboration, the Royal Academy of Music is joined by students from The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto. The partnership with the Academy has produced five recordings with Trevor Pinnock, one with the late Oliver Knussen and one with Reinhold Friedrich in collaboration with The Juilliard School.

Trevor Pinnock is renowned worldwide as a harpsichordist and conductor who pioneered the modern revival of early music performance. Pinnock founded The English Concert, whose reputation for groundbreaking performances on period instruments led to an extensive contract with Deutsche Grammophon and worldwide tours.

The Royal Academy of Music has been training musicians to the highest professional standards since its foundation in 1822. As Britain’s oldest conservatoire, its impact on musical life, both in the UK and abroad, is inestimable. The Royal Academy of Music will celebrate its Bicentenary in 2022.

“... the RAM Soloists offer a fantastic performance well worth hearing. The group plays with excellent clarity, balance, blend, technique, and intensity.” – American Record Guide

“… this is seriously impressive playing from students of the Royal Academy of Music under Trevor Pinnock.” – The Guardian

Reviews

Pinnock avoids sentimentality by demanding keenness of texture and springlike rhythm and energy. The outcome is compelling.
The Scotsman
The combination of his own modernist sensibility and his clear respect for the Baroque produces a compelling score, which is beautifully realised by Pinnock and his young players.
The Herald

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