The 21-year-old pianist turned the great set of variations into the story of a young man’s maturation from innocence to experience.
Category: Goldberg Variations (Musical Work)
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The Pianist Vikingur Olafsson on ‘History’s Greatest Keyboard Work’
Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations, which Olafsson recorded for Deutsche Grammophon and is touring this season, is “like a life cycle.”