Jonathan Benichou

Jonathan Benichou – Variations Goldberg (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:21:12 minutes | 732 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Calliope

The Goldberg Variations is the fourth and final part of Bach’s Clavierübung which was in a way his keyboard method book. Published in 1742, the Goldberg Variations were commissioned by Count Von Keyserling who was the former Russian ambassador at the Saxon court. Legend says that this work was intended to calm the count’s sleepless nights. The count was said to have asked Bach to write several pieces that the young harpsichordist, whose name was Goldberg and who was the count’s protégé and Bach’s student, was to play each day as a sort of “neuro-musical therapy”. Thus the name of the work we know today.
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