Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
Angela Hewitt (piano)
The fingers are as formidably on the ball as ever – capable of the most tender translucency, of staccato leaps that ‘ping’, and able to differentiate and characterise several voices simultaneously...
Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
Angela Hewitt (piano)
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The fingers are as formidably on the ball as ever – capable of the most tender translucency, of staccato leaps that ‘ping’, and able to differentiate and characterise several voices simultaneously...
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Sixteen years have passed since Angela Hewitt’s first, justly celebrated, version of the ‘Goldbergs’. She here commits to record her ever-evolving response to a work which contains the ‘shadowed lesson of the whole world’, and which continues to play a central role in her life as an artist.
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Awards and reviews
Christmas 2016
The fingers are as formidably on the ball as ever – capable of the most tender translucency, of staccato leaps that ‘ping’, and able to differentiate and characterise several voices simultaneously with jaw-dropping felicity
February 2017
A salutary reminder that recordings which one thought couldn’t be bettered, actually can - remarkable
8th October 2016
More than any contemporary player, she manages to suggest the harpsichord’s plucking mechanism with her brilliant articulation — the trills of Variation 16!...her fluency makes the Goldbergs sound easy.
Pianist Magazine October 2016
A perfect recording for her fans
