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Bach: Goldberg Variations / Jenö Jandó

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Details

Composer
BACH J.S.
Artist
Jeno, Jandó
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jan 18, 2005
Catalog #
8557268
UPC
747313226825

About

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

Tracklist 32 tracks

  1. 1 Aria 03:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    Aria
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  2. 2 Variation 1. a 1 Clav. 01:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    Variation 1. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  3. 3 Variation 2. a 1 Clav. 01:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variation 2. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  4. 4 Variation 3. a 1 Clav. Canone all'Unisuono 02:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variation 3. a 1 Clav. Canone all'Unisuono
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  5. 5 Variation 4. a 1 Clav. 00:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variation 4. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  6. 6 Variation 5. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 01:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 5. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  7. 7 Variation 6. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda 01:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 6. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  8. 8 Variation 7. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 01:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 7. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  9. 9 Variation 8. a 2 Clav. 01:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 8. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  10. 10 Variation 9. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza 01:45
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 9. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  11. 11 Variation 10. a 1 Clav. Fugetta 01:32
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variation 10. a 1 Clav. Fugetta
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  12. 12 Variation 11. a 2 Clav. 01:53
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variation 11. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  13. 13 Variation 12. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta 01:56
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variation 12. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  14. 14 Variation 13. a 2 Clav. 04:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variation 13. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  15. 15 Variation 14. a 2 Clav. 02:08
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variation 14. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  16. 16 Variation 15. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta 04:18
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variation 15. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  17. 17 Variation 16. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 02:55
    Track
    17
    Title
    Variation 16. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  18. 18 Variation 17. a 2 Clav. 02:07
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variation 17. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  19. 19 Variation 18. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta 01:19
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variation 18. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  20. 20 Variation 19. a 1 Clav. 01:27
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variation 19. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  21. 21 Variation 20. a 2 Clav. 02:01
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variation 20. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  22. 22 Variation 21. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Settima 02:01
    Track
    22
    Title
    Variation 21. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Settima
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  23. 23 Variation 22. a 1 Clav. 01:39
    Track
    23
    Title
    Variation 22. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  24. 24 Variation 23. a 1 Clav. 02:08
    Track
    24
    Title
    Variation 23. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  25. 25 Variation 24. a 1 Clav. Canone all'Ottava 02:31
    Track
    25
    Title
    Variation 24. a 1 Clav. Canone all'Ottava
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  26. 26 Variation 25. a 1 Clav. Adagio 10:00
    Track
    26
    Title
    Variation 25. a 1 Clav. Adagio
    Duration
    10:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  27. 27 Variation 26. a 1 Clav. 02:05
    Track
    27
    Title
    Variation 26. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  28. 28 Variation 27. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Nona 01:49
    Track
    28
    Title
    Variation 27. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Nona
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  29. 29 Variation 28. a 1 Clav. 02:10
    Track
    29
    Title
    Variation 28. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  30. 30 Variation 29. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 02:00
    Track
    30
    Title
    Variation 29. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  31. 31 Variation 30. a 1 Clav. Quodlibet 01:45
    Track
    31
    Title
    Variation 30. a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  32. 32 Aria 04:49
    Track
    32
    Title
    Aria
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó