Angela Hewitt plays Bach's Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - Aria

Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Aria

Angela Hewitt: Pianist

Concert recorded at St. Thomas Church (Leipzig, Germany), on November 17, 2020.

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[alfredwiener]

Seit mehr als fünf Jahrzehnten bin ich auf der Suche nach der idealen Wiedergabe der Goldberg-Variationen. Dank Angela Hewitts unvergleichlicher Gesamteinspielung in der Leipziger Thomaskirche von 2020 habe ich sie jetzt endlich gefunden!

[VladimirSartin]

Extraordinaire interprétation. Piano fabuleux, acoustique exceptionnelle, enregistrement parfait. Quel moment de plénitude et de bonheur !

[libelle]

Absolutely sublime, like everything she touches.

[paulettepopp]

Here again, I hear the voice of God and Bach speaking through your playing.

[veronikakonig]

Wie schön, was wäre unsere Musik, ohne Bach, Vor allem, wenn er so excellent vorgetragen wird. Ein Genuß und echter Ohren-Schmaus Vielen Dank👍♥️🙋👑💕

[BigParadox]

Best phrasing I have heard so far of this piece.

[merakrut]

Lovely. And the sound from this Fazioli is so much better than any Steinway I have ever heard, especially the soft notes.

[josephberglinger]

"Ins Dunkel lauschen, /in die Stille der Nacht, /und warten, / bis der erste Ton/ dein Herz/ wie ein Lichtstrahl trifft."

[andrewc]

divine, I hope this gets more view soon! Thank you for this

[jinabeyfra]

Absolutamente magnífica, alma y corazón.

[aaronkristien]

hi angela got all your bach cd the only one you have not done bach sonatas for violin and harpsichord bwv1014-1019 it would be nice to see you do these on piano as glenn gould did some time a go thank you angela hewitt all way like to see your take on johann sebastian bach

[leisurecomments]

On the radio yesterday, I heard a pianist play the Schumann Concerto w/ a German orchestra and had to find out who this articulate pianist of the highest caliber was. So here I am. Angela Hewitt, a pianist w/ a banal-sounding name nobody has ever heard about.

[jeff-onedayatatime.]

I just compared Mrs. Hewitt to Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead. Bet no one has ever seen that comparison before. I remember Mrs. Hewitt as she swept in in her long dress on that snowy night at Duke University a decade or two back. :)

[DiShOnline]

anyway love it. 0.75 speed! they all are too fast for me... all lof them.

[julieanna]

A little too fast for my taste; not enough time for the many layers of sublime feeling. Very well executed though - with her level of feeling within that context.

[YJPRiddle]

Overly large
Fazioli in "wet" acoustics? Beautiful playing but the dreamy, nearly romantic sound ill fits her interpretation, which is marred by the "help."

[HarpsichordVinylGallery]

Yes I did not need the confirmation that it does not work on an ordinary piano.

[janie]

Just didn't like Bach! However, Mahler & Chopin were supreme! Fall asleep into his (Bach) music! 😌😕