Goldberg Variations
Photo © Arthur Forjonel
Kenneth Weiss made a live concert recording the Goldberg Variations at the Théâtre de Pau on 12th October 2008 on a copy of an anonymous French harpsichord datin from the end of the 17th Century made by Philippe Humeau in Barbaste in 1977 and ravalée in 2006.
The Harpsichord Adventurer
The American musician’s captivatingly lyrical live recording
“Kenneth Weiss dresses Bach’s music in a vocal coat of arms – mordants, ‘coulés’, trills – of amazonian profusion. This triumphant lyricism, at no stage overdone, places this new version at the top of the list of recent Goldberg Variation recordings.”
Gilles Macassar - Télérama, 16 May 2009
Kenneth Weiss performs Bach
“The reason I'm recommending this positively solar recording today, at the start of the summer, is that it transforms a wonderful lanscape in such a way that we cannot avoid rediscovering it”.
Mathias Heizmann - arte.tv, 7 July 2009
Photo © Arthur Forjonel