Bach: Goldberg Variations / Jenö Jandó

$19.99
Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 18, 2005
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Jeno, Jandó
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 18, 2005
    • UPC
      747313226825
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8557268
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Aria

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    2. Variation 1. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    3. Variation 2. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    4. Variation 3. a 1 Clav. Canone all'Unisuono

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    5. Variation 4. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    6. Variation 5. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    7. Variation 6. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    8. Variation 7. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    9. Variation 8. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    10. Variation 9. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    11. Variation 10. a 1 Clav. Fugetta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    12. Variation 11. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    13. Variation 12. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    14. Variation 13. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    15. Variation 14. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    16. Variation 15. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    17. Variation 16. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    18. Variation 17. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    19. Variation 18. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    20. Variation 19. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    21. Variation 20. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    22. Variation 21. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Settima

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    23. Variation 22. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    24. Variation 23. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    25. Variation 24. a 1 Clav. Canone all'Ottava

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    26. Variation 25. a 1 Clav. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    27. Variation 26. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    28. Variation 27. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Nona

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    29. Variation 28. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    30. Variation 29. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    31. Variation 30. a 1 Clav. Quodlibet

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    32. Aria

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó


Naxos' so-called "house pianist" Jeno Jandó is on top form in Bach's Goldberg Variations. He takes after Glenn Gould's perky tempos, dry-point articulation, and blueprint clarity, but on his own terms. For starters, Jandó does not link up variations without pausing or adapt a common pulse to unify groups of variations, opting instead to treat each one as a separate entity. Furthermore, Jandó takes all of the repeats, including the rare one in the Aria Da Capo that Weissenberg and Gavrilov observe. He embellishes some repeats more than others do, or simply phrases differently on the second go-rounds, albeit not to Murray Perahia or András Schiff's elaborate specifications.


If Jandó doesn't set records for speed, scintillation, and absolute rhythmic steadiness in the cross-handed variations, they still manage to swing, with plenty of breathing room to boot. Jandó takes a harder-nosed look than usual at the minor-key variations, as if he weren't interested in the canon at the fifth's melodic profundity or the canon at the seventh's wrenching chromatic zingers. And next to the inner drama and extraordinary harmonic tension Perahia illuminates in the famous "black pearl" 25th Variation, Jandó is relatively reticent. He also tends to scale his dynamics between mezzo-forte and mezzo-piano, although this may result from the close, somewhat airless, though not unattractive microphone placement. All in all, Jeno Jandó's Goldbergs add up to a solid, recommendable bargain alternative to the reference versions listed above.
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com