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ANGELA HEWITT
Bach - Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [no label, 1CD]
Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK, April 29, 2009. An excellent FM stereo broadcast.

Bach's Goldberg Variations is the piano composition that studies the form of variation. When Angela Hewitt offered her version, the Penguin Guide and Gramophone applauded her recording, marking it a classic interpretation. Early this year, Hewitt chose to perform the Goldberg Variations live and did not disappoint all those in attendance.

For other noobs like us, JS Bach wrote this piece and had it published in 1741. It has become a standard for "keyboard practice". Legend has it Bach wrote it for an insomniac Count ...