Chinese pianist Lang Lang went from being just one more fresh-faced and precocious teenaged phenomenon twenty years ago with his debut recording on Telarc, Lang Lang (2001), featuring the heady ...

In the “Goldberg Variations,” one of his most justly famous works for keyboard, Bach took a simple melody and subjected it to a comprehensive series of treatments. Is that really so different from ...

Pianists are measured against one another by how they handle benchmark compositions. For instance, with their rigor and accessibility, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations helped bestow master ...

Pianist Yunchan Lim is on fire. Just 20 years old and still in studies at the New England Conservatory, he is the youngest-ever winner of the gold medal at the prestigious Van Cliburn Competition.

Professional percussionists Katalin La Favre and Brian Calhoon have created an innovative way to perform Bach’s “Goldberg Variations.” They’re using two vibraphones, a refurbished antique glockenspiel ...

Count Keyserlingk, the insomniac Russian ambassador to the Kingdom of Saxony for whom Johann Sebastian Bach may have written the Goldberg Variations, supposedly rewarded the composer with a golden ...

An early biography of composer J.S. Bach by Johann Nikolaus Forke tells the story of how the famous variations known as Goldberg Variations came to be. Bach received a commission from Count Hermann ...

Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson passionately confessed his deep affection for Johann Sebastian Bach and the “Goldberg Variations.” “I have been dreaming about recording the Goldberg Variations for ...

It is being released on Deutsche Grammophon today in two complementary performances given by the pianist. The first was recorded in a single take in concert at the legendary St. Thomas Church in ...

Count Keyserlingk, the insomniac Russian ambassador to the Kingdom of Saxony for whom Johann Sebastian Bach may have written the Goldberg Variations, supposedly rewarded the composer with a golden ...

Violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky created a version of Bach's Goldberg Variations for solo violin and strings. We feature the theme, and Variation No. 17. This music by Bach opens a whole hour of music in ...