{"id":1757,"date":"2014-10-06T15:01:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T13:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solo-musica.de\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2014-10-06T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T13:01:35","slug":"anastasia-voltchok-goldberg-variations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solo-musica.de\/en\/anastasia-voltchok-goldberg-variations\/","title":{"rendered":"Anastasia Voltchok &#8211; Goldberg Variations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"showcd_data\">\n<div class=\"cd_item\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1758 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/solo-musica.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SM209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"223\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Artists: <a href=\"https:\/\/solo-musica.de\/en\/anastasia-voltchok\/\">Anastasia Voltchok<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cd_item\">\n<h2>Title: Goldberg Variations BWV 988<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cd_item\">\n<h2>Catalogue No.: SM 209<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cd_item\">\n<h2>Release: 06.10.2014<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"showcd_cover\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Bach-Goldberg-Variationen-Anastasia-Voltchok\/dp\/B00MZJPUFE\/ref=sr_1_1_twi_aud_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1523288603&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Anastasia+Voltchok+Goldberg+Variations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2537 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/solo-musica.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buy_eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"showcd_description\">\n<div class=\"dotted_bottom\">\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>When she recorded Bach\u2019s great set of variations in Basel\u2019s Hans Huber Hall, Anastasia Voltchok was keen to play right through the work only twice on one and the same day. A high degree of concentration and vital energy are the preconditions for such a bold undertaking, to say nothing of the most thorough preparation and years of experience on the concert podium. The advantages of avoiding short takes are self-evident: constant tension over long stretches and organic transitions from one variation to the next in terms of tempo, dynamics and continuity of expression. She prefers to avoid long pauses between the groups of variations, though she feels that it is advisable to take time to catch her breath before the start of the second half of the work (from Var. 16, marked \u201cOuverture\u201d). Time and again the multi-awardwinning Moscow-born pianist engaged with this demanding set of variations, practising them intensely and finally playing them repeatedly in the concert hall. She believes it is vital to have studied as many of Bach\u2019s works as possible prior to such an involvement. Above all, The Well-Tempered Clavier and the Partitas helped to open up this world to her. Bach has already written out the ornaments in detail and she has no wish to try to outdo the composer by improvising additional ornaments of her own. Nor does she regard it as indispensably necessary to observe all of the repeats. Anastasia Voltchok, who studied with Evgeny Malinin and Larissa Dedova in Moscow, with Rudolf Buchbinder in Basel and with Santiago Rodriguez in Maryland and who has now chosen to live in Switzerland, prefers to allow herself to be guided by the spirit of the moment. Of course, the repeat is essential in Var. 25, this extended minor-key threnody that explores rarely plumbed depths of anguish. But do we not find humour \u2013 quite unexpectedly \u2013 in the famous Quodlibet of Var. 30? No, argues Anastasia Voltchok, it is not humour that occurs here but a lovingly fashioned high point of the work to which all that has gone before it has been ineluctably leading. The Aria that is then heard once again is like someone returning home after a long absence.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"dotted_bottom\">\n<h2>Tracklist<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lediglich zwei Durchg\u00e4nge an ein und demselben Tag wollte Anastasia Voltchok f\u00fcr ihre Aufnahme von Bachs gro\u00dfem Variationswerk im Basler Hans Huber-Saal zugestehen. Hohe Konzentration und vitale Energie bilden die Vorgaben f\u00fcr ein so mutiges Unterfangen, gr\u00fcndliche Vorbereitung und langj\u00e4hrige Podiumserfahrung vorausgesetzt. Die Vorteile dieses Verzichts auf kleinteilige Takes liegen auf der Hand: anhaltende Spannung \u00fcber gro\u00dfe Strecken hinweg, dazu organische \u00dcberg\u00e4nge von Variation zu Variation hinsichtlich Tempo, Dynamik und Kontinuit\u00e4t des Ausdrucks. Auf lange Z\u00e4suren zwischen den Variationsgruppen m\u00f6chte sie verzichten. Tiefes Durchatmen vor Beginn der zweiten Werkh\u00e4lfte (ab Var. 16 Ouverture) empfiehlt sich jedoch. Immer wieder n\u00e4herte sich die in Moskau geborene und fr\u00fch ausgezeichnete Pianistin diesen anspruchsvollen Variationen, \u00fcbte intensiv daran und spielte sie schlie\u00dflich auch mehrfach im Konzert. Das Studium m\u00f6glichst vieler Bach-Werke davor h\u00e4lt sie f\u00fcr unerl\u00e4sslich. Vor allem das Wohltemperierte Klavier und die Partiten er\u00f6ffnen Zug\u00e4nge. Die von Bach so reich ausnotierten Verzierungen m\u00f6chte sie durch eigenes improvisatorisches Zutun nicht noch \u00fcberbieten. Auch h\u00e4lt sie es nicht unbedingt f\u00fcr zwingend, alle Wiederholungen zu spielen. Dabei l\u00e4sst sich die in Moskau (bei Evgeny Malinin und Larissa Dedova), Basel (bei Rudolf Buchbinder) und Maryland (bei Santiago Rodriguez) umfassend ausgebildete Wahl-Schweizerin durchaus auch von ihrer momentanen Stimmung leiten. Gewiss: bei der ausgedehnten Moll-Variation 25, diesem zutiefst schmerzlichen Klagegesang, ist Wiederholen unerl\u00e4sslich. \u00c4u\u00dfert sich im ber\u00fchmten \u201eQuodlibet\u201c (Var. 30) etwa ganz unerwartet Bachscher Humor? Nein, meint Anastasia Voltchok, nicht Humor ist es, sondern ein mit Liebe gestalteter H\u00f6hepunkt, auf den das Werk zusteuert. Die danach noch einmal erklingende Aria, das sei, wie wenn man nach l\u00e4ngerer Abwesenheit wieder zur\u00fcck nach Hause komme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solo-musica"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anastasia Voltchok - Goldberg Variations - Deutsch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solo-musica.de\/anastasia-voltchok-goldberg-variations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anastasia Voltchok - Goldberg Variations - Deutsch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/solo-musica.de\/anastasia-voltchok-goldberg-variations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Deutsch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-06T13:01:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/solo-musica.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SM209-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"223\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Solo Musica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Solo Musica\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solo-musica.de\\\/anastasia-voltchok-goldberg-variations\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solo-musica.de\\\/anastasia-voltchok-goldberg-variations\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Solo Musica\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solo-musica.de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cd4b9a18e91239c483d3175e57608de2\"},\"headline\":\"Anastasia Voltchok &#8211; 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