George Fu at St Martin in the Fields
Monumental Goldberg Variations of Bach before the Mast
George Fu at St Martin in the Fields with Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Played with simplicity and mastery, bowing before this great monument as he brought each variation vividly to life.
Written to relieve the tedium of the sleepless nights of Count von Kayserling who had commissioned Bach to write a work for the court harpsichordist Johann Goldberg to play to him . Hence the name for these monumental variations that are considered to be by many the finest variations ever written . Music to listen to by candlelight, which might have been even more evocative, but in the masterly hands of George Fu the music speaks with a directness and simplicity that transcends any terrestrial platforms.
