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While this is Ólafsson's first complete recording of the work, he breathes new life into this masterpiece, considered the pinnacle of Baroque keyboard art, with his unique musical vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-------The piano prodigy hailed as \"Iceland's Glenn Gould\" has finally taken on the pinnacle of Baroque keyboard art. Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, whose total streaming plays currently exceed 600 million, is a traditional concert pianist who has also expanded his activities into contemporary music, and is widely known for his music that stimulates the imagination of audiences around the world. This album features Ólafsson's long-awaited challenge of J.S. Bach's monumental work, the \"Goldberg Variations,\" which he has been called \"Iceland's Glenn Gould\" (New York Times). This is Ólafsson's first complete recording of the work, and he breathes new life into J.S. Bach's masterpiece, considered the pinnacle of Baroque keyboard art, with his unique musical vision. \"The Goldberg Variations are the most virtuosic keyboard music ever written, containing countless examples of astonishingly brilliant counterpoint, sublime poetic expression, complex contemplation, and profound melancholy. 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Ólafsson places this work within the grand current of music history, from J.S. Bach to Schubert, presenting it as a dialogue that transcends time. The album includes Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 27, Schubert's early work, Piano Sonata No. 6 (composed when he was 20), and Bach's late masterpiece, Partita No. 6. Furthermore, the entire album is unified in the key of E (E major\/E minor), beginning with a Prelude from Book 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier and concluding with a Sarabande from French Suite No. 6, creating a vividly beautiful structure. 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