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Lindsay Kemp Yet all of this does suggest that Ares has both a close and personal relationship with the Goldbergs and one that considers them as an entity. His reading is a regal progress in which, while not exactly playing every variation at the same speed, he finds a basic unity of pulse for them, so that none comes as a jolt upon its neighbour. The results can be unusual: Variation 1 is considerably slower than the norm and Vars 19, 26 and 28 are also on the steady side, whereas Var 25 (the ‘Black Pearl’) favours flow over lyricism and Var 20 is unexpectedly legato. The only threats to this calm momentum tend to come within variations, where Ares sometimes slows markedly at the ends of halves, as in Vars 13 and 15 – though his liking for cute little improvised leadbacks and links forward offers a balance. Elsewhere, ornamentation ranges from flourishes that genuinely enhance the spirit of a line to some rather fidgety twiddles; the added appoggiaturas in Var 26 are frankly irritating. Few Goldberg performances will please in every detail, however, and this one – played with good touch on a firm, even at times rather macho Taskin copy – is certainly one in which we can enjoy this interesting player’s justified confidence in his own skill and individuality. |
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