J S Bach - Goldberg Variations BWV988 | Phil.Harmonie PHIL06006

J S Bach - Goldberg Variations BWV988

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Label: Phil.Harmonie

Cat No: PHIL06006

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 27th May 2022

Contents

Artists

Pi-Hsien Chen (piano)

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Artists

Pi-Hsien Chen (piano)

About

Bach’s commission to compose the 'Goldberg' Variations was from the Russian envoy Graf Hermann von Keyserlingk, at the court in Dresden. The oft-quoted story goes that the Earl, suffering from insomnia, asked for piano pieces of a “soft and somewhat merry character”. His private harpsichordist, Johann Theophilus Goldberg, was to play them for him at night to cheer him up. Bach complied willingly with the Earl’s request and created the extensive cycle of an aria with 30 variations. Keyserlingk was enthusiastic about the music and Bach received a golden goblet containing 100 Louis d’or.

The Taiwan-born pianist Pi-hsien Chen is considered one of the outstanding interpreters of both classical and new music. At the age of 10 she began her studies at the Cologne Academy of Music and has won first prizes at several international competitions, including the ARD Competition (Munich), the Bach Competition (Washington DC) and the Schönberg Competition (Rotterdam). In addition to her regular performance schedule, Pi-hsien Chen has taught at the Freiburg Academy of Music since 2004.

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