AMERICAN PIANIST AND CONDUCTOR MURRAY PERAHIA HAS BEEN PERFORMING ON THE CONCERT STAGE FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER AND CHERISHED PIANISTS OF OUR TIME. KNOWN AS THE LEADING INTERPRETER OF BACH, HANDEL, SCARLATTI, MOZART, BEETHOVEN AND SCHUMANN, PERAHIA HAS WON NUMEROUS AWARDS, INCLUDING THREE GRAMMY AWARDS AND 9 GRAMOPHONE AWARDS.IN 2000 HE RELEASED HIS RECORDING OF BACH'S GOLDBERG VARIATIONS, A 75-MINUTE WORK WHICH FEATURES COLORFUL AND EMOTIONALLY DIFFERENTIATED PIECES WHICH HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING EXPERIENCES A PIANIST CAN FACE. THIS MUSICAL COMPOSITION WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH AND CONSISTS OF AN ARIA AND A SET OF 30 VARIATIONS. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1741, IT IS NAMED AFTER JOHANN GOTTLIEB GOLDBERG, WHO MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST PERFORMER OF THE WORK.
1. ARIA
2. VARIATIO 1 A 1 CLAV.
3. VARIATIO 2 A CLAV.
4. VARIATIO 3 A 1 CLAV. CANONE ALL' UNISUONO
5. VARIATIO 4 A 1 CLAV.
6. VARIATIO 5 A 1 OVVERO 2 CLAV.
7. VARIATIO 6 A 1 CLAV. CANONE ALL SECONDA
8. VARIATIO 7 A 1 OVVERO 2 CLAV. AL TEMPO DI GIGA
9. VARIATIO 8 A 2 CLAV.
1. VARIATIO 9 A 1 CLAV. CANONE ALLA TERZA
2. VARIATIO 10 A 1 CLAV. FUGHETTA
3. VARIATIO 11 A 2 CLAV.
4. VARIATIO 12 CANONE ALLA QUARTA
5. VARIATIO 13 A 2 CLAV.
6. VARIATIO 14 A 2 CLAV.
7. VARIATIO 15 A 1 CLAV. CANONE ALLA QUINTA IN MOTO CONTRARIO
1. VARIATIO 16 A 1 CLAV. OVERTURE A 1 CLAV.
2. VARIATIO 17 A 2 CLAV.
3. VARIATIO 18 A 1 CLAV. CANONE ALLA SESTA
4. VARIATIO 19 A 1 CLAV.
5. VARIATIO 20 A 2 CLAV.
6. VARIATIO 21 CANONE ALLA SETTIMA
7. VARIATIO 22 ALLA BREVE A 1 CLAV.
8. VARIATIO 23 A 2 CLAV.
9. VARIATIO 24 CANONE ALL' OTTOVA A 1 CLAV.
1. VARIATIO 25 A 2 CLAV.
2. VARIATIO 26 A 2 CLAV.
3. VARIATIO 27 CANONE ALLA NONA
4. VARIATIO 28 A 2 CLAV.
5. VARIATIO 29 A 1 OVVERO 2 CLAV.
6. VARIATIO 30 A 1 CLAV. QUODLIBET
7. ARIA DA CAPO