Igor Kipnis - Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, Italian Concerto, French Overture, Italian Variations (2001)
Igor Kipnis - Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, Italian Concerto, French Overture, Italian Variations (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 870 Mb | Total time: 73:37+70:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Seraphim Classics | 74501 2 | Recorded: 1973, 1976
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 870 Mb | Total time: 73:37+70:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Seraphim Classics | 74501 2 | Recorded: 1973, 1976
Since you can find plenty of excellent single-disc harpsichord Goldbergs with all repeats, why even consider this recording? For the simple reason that Kipnis offers one of the most technically accomplished, individualistic, and deeply musical recordings of the Goldberg Variations ever made–that’s why! You’ll have to search far and wide to find Goldbergs so brilliantly thought out yet seemingly spontaneous, so stylistically sound yet utterly unacademic, so unpredictable in detail yet profoundly true to the composer’s spirit.
Kipnis strips the Aria down to its melodic kernel, only adding Bach’s notated ornaments on the repeats. On virtually every repeat the soloist pulls decorative, ornamental bunnies out of a bottomless magic hat and holds your attention with unexpected accents and agogic stresses that propel rather than stop the musical flow. The rhythmic freedom Kipnis brings to variations such as the anguished 25th or toccata-like 29th is proportioned to perfection. His fillers are no less distinguished. The Italian Concerto’s first movement swings in a marvelously unmetronomic fashion (no “sewing machine” Bach here!), with discreet, Landowska-like textural thickeners followed by an affecting lute-stop accompaniment in the slow movement. I’d prefer a quicker tread in the Presto, but still acknowledge the harpsichordist’s elegant left-hand detailing.
Under Kipnis’ fluent fingers, the Variations in the Italian Style are both deft and graceful. He imbues the B minor French Overture with all the double-dotted pomp he can muster, and gauges the subsequent movement’s tempos and moods as effortlessly as a seasoned DJ reads the crowd on the disco floor. Kipnis uses a two-manual instrument after Hass by Rutkowski and Robinette, and EMI’s warm engineering beautifully reproduces the instrument’s roomy bass notes and rich, clatter-free resonance.–Jed Distler
Performer:
Igor Kipnis, harpsichord
Tracklist:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
CD1:
French Overture - Partita In B Minor, BWV.831
01. I. Ouverture
02. II. Courante
03. III. Gavotte I & II
04. IV. Passepied I & II
05. V. Sarabande
06. VI. Bourée I & II
07. VII. Gigue
08. VIII. Echo
Goldberg Variations In G Major, BWV.988
09. Aria
10. Variation 1
11. Variation 2-5
12. Variation 6-8
13. Variation 9-10
14. Variation 11-12
15. Variation 13
16. Variation 14
17. Variation 15
CD2:
01. Variation 16-17
02. Variation 18
03. Variation 19
04. Variation 20
05. Variation 21-22
06. Variation 23-24
07. Variation 25-26
08. Variation 27-28
09. Variation 29
10. Variation 30
11. Aria da capo
Variations In The Italian Style, BWV.989
12. Aria
13. Variation 1
14. Variation 2
15. Variation 3
16. Variation 4
17. Variation 5
18. Variation 6
19. Variation 7
20. Variation 8
21. Variation 9
22. Variation 10
Italian Concerto In F Major, BWV.971
23. I. [Allegro]
24. II. Andante
25. III. Presto
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