{"id":31376,"date":"2023-07-01T11:58:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=31376"},"modified":"2023-07-01T11:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:58:36","slug":"deutsche-grammophon-releases-olafsson-goldberg-variations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=31376","title":{"rendered":"Deutsche Grammophon Releases \u00d3lafsson Goldberg Variations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>It was only a matter of time. <span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson, celebrated for his visionary interpretations of J.S. Bach, and one of the greatest pianists and musical minds of today,\u00a0 now takes on Bach\u2019s monumental <\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">Goldberg Variations<\/em><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">. The opening <em>Aria <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=utkmiE7PXUI\">is now available to hear.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">The album, to be released in October 2023 on the Deutsche Grammophon label, follows \u00d3lafsson\u2019s hugely successful DG recording of works by Johann Sebastian Bach in 2018, which won BBC Music magazine\u2019s Album of the Year, Opus Klassik\u2019s Solo Recital award, numerous other accolades which led to him being named Gramophone magazine\u2019s Artist of the Year. Now \u00d3lafsson brings his unique musical vision, and meticulous recorded sound to Bach\u2019s masterpiece. It is the first time \u00d3lafsson records a complete work and he begins with one of the most demanding in the piano repertoire.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00d3lafsson dedicates his 2023-24 season to a <em>Goldberg Variations<\/em> world tour, performing the work across six continents throughout the year in major concert halls including London\u2019s Southbank Centre, New York\u2019s Carnegie Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus, Philharmonie de Paris, Philharmonie Berlin, Harpa Concert Hall, LA\u2019s Walt Disney Hall, Sala S\u00e3o Paulo, Shanghai Symphony Hall, Tonhalle Zurich, KKL Luzern, Alte Oper Frankfurt and Mupa Budapest, with other dates to be announced.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe Goldberg Variations contain some of the most virtuosic keyboard music ever written, some of the most astonishingly brilliant uses of counterpoint in the repertoire and countless instances of exalted poetry, abstract contemplation and deep pathos \u2013 all within immaculately shaped structures of formal perfection. In 30 variations, built on the humble harmonic framework of a simple, graceful aria, Bach turns limited material into boundless variety like no one before or since. He is the greatest keyboard virtuoso of his time.\u201d comments V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson&#8217;s other recordings for Deutsche Grammophon comprise Philip Glass Piano Works (2017), Johann Sebastian Bach (2018), Debussy Rameau (2020), Mozart &amp; Contemporaries (2021) and From Afar (2022).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">Album details: V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson releases J.S. Bach\u2019s Goldberg Variations\/ <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">(Deutsche Grammophon, 6 October 2023)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=utkmiE7PXUI\">Listen to the first track Aria<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Read about <span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">\u00d3lafsson&#8217;s 2022 release <a href=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/new-release-from-vikingur-olafsson\/\">From Afar<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson, celebrated for his visionary interpretations of J.S. 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