Bach — Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, for String Trio, arr. Sitkovetsky; Camerata Pacifica

LIVE & UNEDITED. Camerata Pacifica's String Trio of Paul Huang, Richard Yongjae O'Neill & Ani Aznavoorian perform Dmitry Sitkovetsky's arrangement of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. Recorded September 16, 2016, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara.

[michaels]

Unsurpassable performance of unsurpassable music. Wish we could make it sound like this. Full of Bach wit and poetry.

[victorlabsky]

Absolutely divine music. I am tempted to declare this arrangement even more beautiful than the original piano version.

[listenmusic]

This recording is the soundtrack for when Heaven meets Earth.

[bobosally]

Breathtaking and sublime, a rare combination of ingredients which all came together!! Distinct from the "authentic baroque/original instruments" style or the overly romanticized renditions that too often characterize baroque music transcriptions, this most gifted trio brings the elegance and passion of Schubert like chamber music to the heart and soul of JS Bach in a manner that is brilliant, unique and truly a revelation.

[mathemathleta]

4:27 Variation 1
6:20 Variation 2
11:38 Variation 3

[brownmullins]

And I cry. Love O'Neill...stunning.

[맑은하늘-uq]

너무나 아름다운 조화가 마음속 깊은곳에서 춤추듯 노래합니다
멋진음악을 듣게되어 영광입니다
감사합니다 _()_

[ryohagitani]

Wonderful rendition of Sitkovetskoy version. The cellist is beautiful and the violist is sympathetic. The viola part by Sitkovetskoy is written very intersting.

[brownmullins]

Thank you so much Master O'Neil and Camerata Pacifica for your selflessness; I loved Ensemble Ditto's performance but it was removed from youtube. Thank you for your beautiful heart in giving one of my fave Bach works. Love the cello especially.

[xaverzhou]

thanks to Bach, Sitkovetsky and these performers ! Very ELEGANT, and i appreciate very much.

[taeseongkim]

Thank you for playing carefully so I can travel to Bach for a long time. It's fantastic and

[johnervin]

Delightful, delicious, delovely. Such quality in interpretation. Some of the violin performed here reminds me of the great Hugh Bean, back in that EMI day with Kkemperer's Bach.

I already prized these personally, having home-recorded these on a concert grand Yamaha, for just my 'known associates', but now even more so, if possible.

Such a wonderful transcription, and before I ever knew of different string versions of these, I had long heard them like this in mind's ear, as a string trio, alternately, just as I hear Bach's 2 & 3 part inventions, especially. Well, in fact, everything Bach does always begs for multi-formatted transcriptions. All kinds! Heck, even turned into be-bop, like the Swingle Singers, lol.)

Great stuff! MORE! MUCH!

Thanks!

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🎵💎

[johngreenhalgh]

Fabulous ensemble, flawless intonation, a wonderful revelation: a tonal extension of the piano version

[taeseongkim]

It is a really moving performance. I got a great comfort. Thank you so so so much.

[longfulan]

Good heavens, can there be anything more beautiful than this. Played by someone capable on the piano it is exquisite, if not fiendishly difficult. How difficult can this be played by a string trio. Just spent an hour with some nice red wine, in ecstasy watching and listening to this sublime performance.

[witwaltman]

So wonderful you have made this available to us!

[motaku]

I don't usually chime in with such a comment.. and it's true I've only kind of carefully listened to first five minutes or so ... and I'm a pianist and organist who knows nothing about strings but...
how could anyone not like this performance?

[wric]

Condenser microphones is responsible for these new age clearer than clear recordings.

[miguelsuria]

Bravo ! Dulce música de JS Bach que emociona los cimientos de mi alma. Gracias, trio.

[otabegoro]

i like this performance by these musicians
very characteristic but elegant