[Original recording remastered]
Schiff's first recording of the Goldberg's is perhaps one of the best recordings of ANYTHING ever made, ranking with, for instance, the Stern/Casals Schubert Quintet or the Klemperer Magic Flute. Schiff's phenomenal technique is always in the service of the music, both in its expression and its structure, underlying the fact that, as with all great music, there is no real separation of the two parameters. Looking at it all from a slightly different vantage point, so much of the Goldbergs is DANCE music, and Schiff never loses sight of this, even in some of the traditionally slower variations.
Biography András Schiff emerged in the last decades of the 20th century as one of the most respected pianists of his generation. He began piano lessons at the age of five with Elisabeth Vadász, and made his debut at the age of nine. At 14 Schiff began formal studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy with Professor Pál Kadosa, György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados. Later he studied with British conductor and keyboard player George Malcolm in London.
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