Bach's Goldbergs on Fortepiano

[Don]

Is anyone aware of any fortepiano recordings of the Goldberg Variations?

[orbital]

I have not heard it but here is one that has recently been released:
http://www.jsbach.org/goldbergwalter.html


edit:Actually looks like it can be downloaded here:
http://www.niederfellabrunn.at/Frames.htm

[Tancata]

I have not heard it but here is one that has recently been released:
http://www.jsbach.org/goldbergwalter.html


edit:Actually looks like it can be downloaded here:
http://www.niederfellabrunn.at/Frames.htm

The blurb for that CD claims it is the first recording of the Golbergs on fortepiano.

[Don]

I have not heard it but here is one that has recently been released:
http://www.jsbach.org/goldbergwalter.html

Yes, I just got that one from the artist along with his fortepiano recording of the Art of Fugue.  The claim that it's the first recording of the work on fortepiano may well be correct, but you never know given all the unknown recordings that have been released.

[prémont]

Quote : Among far more than 300 recordings world-wide first recording using a fortepiano.

After Walter Riemer's "Art of the Fugue" CD (also played on a fortepiano) was published, several pianists addressed him as to what would be next after this highlight, all agreeing that only the "Goldberg variations" would be adquate.

The CD was produced all "in-house" and published under the new label NF-Audio. It can be obtained from the web shop niederfellabrunn.at/webshop/index.html .


Don, do you know all the far more than 300 recordings of the Goldbergs, he refers to?? I don´t. BTW his AoF is interesting, if not the last word about the AoF.

[Don]

Quote : Among far more than 300 recordings world-wide first recording using a fortepiano.


Don, do you know all the far more than 300 recordings of the Goldbergs, he refers to?? I don´t. BTW his AoF is interesting, if not the last word about the AoF.

I don't know more the more than 300 either.  I haven't heard his AoF yet, just his Goldbergs three times up to now.  He does a fine job.  He's rather quick in the slower variations and quite slow in the faster ones.  I suppose the exhilaration factor isn't strong, but there's a youthful swagger that's very appealing.  Also, it's been a long time since I heard a version that highlights so well the dancing rhythms.