Bach Goldberg Variations Aria Var. 1,2,&3 Schiff

[oomphlau]

Schiff's Aria is laced with toxic rubato. Terrible. The variations, ditto. He has no feeling for Bach. I also agree with someone here who said the repeats should be omitted. They are a quaint 17th century custom probably designed to help the listeners of that era to better comprehend the music, but irrelevant today. Mozart, of course, played almost every phrase twice, probably for the same reason. But not appropriate today.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

@oomphlau the most famous performarce are always the worst ones :)

Gould above all

[TheGherring]

hewitt is better by miles

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

@TheGherring or Tureck, Barhami, Yudina, Arrau, Nikolayeva...

[TheGherring]

hewitt is better

[rabbittown1900]

とても響きが良くて良いメロディーで癒されました。

アップしてくださりありがとうございます。

[bigbadmuthafukkah]

I would love to play on that piano. It sounds really good. Does anyone know what that piano is? Steinway probably, but I've come across some Yamaha's that could sound kind of like that with some tweaking.

[wmatsuda]

I LOVE SCHIFF!!!

[gcastan100]

i have this disk and for me this is the best interpretation, not too slow, not too fast. perfect.

[corovanmoro]

The beauty in the Aria cannot be fully taken in at such a speed (and the repeats are unnecessary). The first Variato lacks POWER and volume, to make contrast with the Aria, and the second and third seem to carry the same feel as the first, which seems a little boring to me.

Maybe I'm just used to Gould.

[salabertian]

Haha it's funny that you say you are too used to listening to Gould because as I read your comment I was thinking 'here is someone who listens to the 1981 recording too much'.

[whomakemefeel]

Bach it's mean now Andreas Schiff cos no one such make u feel of Bach spirit like Schiff

[BachScholar]

I like his Aria a lot. I think Variation 1 is too "affected", too slow, and too feminine sounding. If he played it faster as it should be (it is after all in the fast corrente style), there wouldn't be any time for all those dainty affectations. I also like Variation 3 a lot. Personally, I've never been a huge fan of Schiff.