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irina lankova

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Hello everyone,

I would like to share with you my new series of videos featuring 'Goldberg Variations' of Jean Sebastien Bach, with some personal comments and explanations, here are first 2 videos:

- Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / INTRODUCTION:

- Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / ARIA :

Hope you enjoy watching them and find them helpful,
Irina

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thalbergmad

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Re: Goldberg Variations

Reply #1 on: April 10, 2020, 10:41:36 AM

Beautifully played. Many pianists seem to play this too fast nowadays Thankfully, you are not one of them.

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irina lankova

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Re: Goldberg Variations

Reply #2 on: April 10, 2020, 01:49:11 PM

Thank you for commenting!
There are 30 variations, so I'll keep posting for a while, bear with me!
Irina

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irina lankova

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Re: Goldberg Variations

Reply #3 on: April 10, 2020, 06:46:42 PM

And here is the next video:

Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / VARIATION 1:

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irina lankova

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Re: Goldberg Variations

Reply #4 on: April 12, 2020, 09:30:18 AM

HAPPY EASTER DEAR FRIENDS!
Easter is a symbol of renewal. Times are terrible.. but Hope is there, so let’s keep the spirit of Easter!

Here is the next 2 variations:

Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / VARIATION 2

Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / VARIATION 3

Love,
Irina

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ianw

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Re: Goldberg Variations

Reply #5 on: April 13, 2020, 12:31:15 AM

Hi Irina. Thanks so much for putting this project together. Playing, filming and sound recording all of the highest quality.

Happy Easter to you too

Regards,
Ian.

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irina lankova

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Re: Goldberg Variations

Reply #6 on: April 14, 2020, 11:56:12 AM

Thank you!!

Please find here below the 2 following Variations:

Variation 4 reminds of a Baroque dance ‘Passepied’, a use of forth notes suggest something not too fast, rather elegant, noble and without precipitation:
Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / VARIATION 4 :

Variation 5 is the first of the hand-crossing variations. The Goldberg were written for the harpsichord with 2 manuals, where the hand crossing is relatively easy to do, but on the piano it’s much more difficult.. :
Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / VARIATION 5 :

See you soon,
Irina

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irina lankova

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Re: Goldberg Variations

Reply #7 on: April 17, 2020, 07:11:42 AM

Good morning,
Here are 2 following variations :

Variation 6 is 2nd Canon ‘at the second’, the follower begins the interval of a second above the first. When the voices cross, it creates creating dissonances for split second each time. And these dissonances create some how a feeling of a nostalgia even though we are still in G major.
Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / VARIATION 6 :

Variation 7 has numerous short trills and appoggiaturas that make it very refined and delicate; for me it's delicious music, always makes me smile

Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / VARIATION 7 :

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irina lankova

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Re: Goldberg Variations

Reply #8 on: April 24, 2020, 01:00:46 PM

Hello Piano Street friends,
Hope you're well and healthy.

Here are the next 3 Variations: 8, 9 & 10, hope you'll enjoy listening and maybe learning a little more about them:

Variation 8 is another hand-crossing variation. This is relatively easy to perform on a two-manual harpsichord, but quite difficult to do on a piano. And another difficulty is to avoid it sound ‘angular, with angles’. I imagine in the left hand a flat stone thrown on the water.
Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / VARIATION 8 :

Variation 9 is a canon at the third, very harmonious, kind and peaceful.

Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / VARIATION 9 :

Variation 10 is a four-voice fughetta (a small fugue) , with a four-bar subject. Fugues is the most complex contapuntal composition, and Bach was famous for not only writing but also improvising fugues up to 5 voices!
Irina Lankova presents GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / VARIATION 10 :

See you soon,
Irina

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musikalischer_wirbelwind_280

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Re: Goldberg Variations

Reply #9 on: April 26, 2020, 03:13:27 AM

Thank you very much for continuing to upload these, Ms. Lankova, they are very fine recordings, indeed!
And I'll never tire of listening to that four-part fughetta, one of my favorites without a doubt.

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