Minsoo Sohn: Goldberg Variations

J.S. Bach
Goldberg Variations

Excerpt from CD notes

Minsoo Sohn in conversation with Eric Friesen

There is an astonishing, mysterious power in Bach’s Goldberg Variations to attract the young pianist. The most famous instance is Glenn Gould’s first commercial recording in 1955, with which the 23-year old Canadian announced himself to the world. Before Gould, there was Rosalyn Tureck, who at age 19, was already playing the Goldbergs in public on the piano, this in the 1930’s. Minsoo Sohn was also in his teens when he began “with naive ambition to tackle one of the monumental works in piano literature. It was like a climber’s dream for Mount Everest.” Now, 15 years later, “through many years and many cycles of studying and re-studying,” Minsoo has finally come to record it for the first time.

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J.S. Bach	Goldberg Variations BWV 988

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Review: The New York Times