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J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Ji (2018) {Parlophone-Warner 0190295719371 Official Digital Download}
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Classical / Baroque / Piano

The young pianist who blew everyone away at the GRAMMYs recorded Bach's Goldberg Variations as label debut. The Korean-born, US-trained pianist known simply as Ji is very much a classical musician for the 21st century. Having won the New York Philharmonic’s Young Artists Competition at the age of just 10, he went on to study at the prestigious Juilliard School. Described by the Chicago Tribune as “a gifted, sensitive young pianist who is clearly going places,” he has chosen Bach’s sublime Goldberg Variations for his debut on Warner Classics. “Classical music is never going away,” he says, “We live in very modern world, and it’s our job to live in the moment, but it’s also our job to respect and preserve tradition.”

J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations is a set of 30 variations on an aria, for keyboard. The variations are built on a bass line and showcase a wide range of styles and moods, including canons and fugal structures. The work was published in 1741 and is believed to have been written for Count Kaiserling, the Russian ambassador to Saxony, to aid his insomnia. It was named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, a young musician in Count Keiserling’s service, who was likely the first performer of the work.