Bach: Goldberg Variations
David Fray adds a landmark of the solo keyboard repertoire to his Bach discography: the Goldberg Variations. “The Goldberg Variations are a real test,” he says. “They are the work of a lifetime, perhaps a work about life itself … a kind of rite of passage, a journey. Every element of human life is in them … When you play the theme again after the 30 variations, in its original purity, it is as if you’re at the end of your life, looking back over everything that has happened in the last hour-and-a-half. Few works give such a sense of eternity”.
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David Fray’s Recording of the Goldberg Variations to Be Released by Warner Classics
Erato/Warner Classics will release David Fray’s recent studio recording, Bach’s Goldberg Variations, on Friday, 26 November.. This will be the fourth instalment in Fray’s growing Bach discography, following recordings of solo Keyboard Concertos (BWV 1052, 1055, 1056,...
David Fray Joins Peter Mattei for Schubert’s Winterreise
David Fray will perform Winterreise alongside Peter Mattei in a recital at Oper Frankfurt on Tuesday, October 26. They recently debuted this collaboration at the Turku Music Festival in Finland, and now look forward to sharing Schubert’s masterpiece with an audience...
Pianist David Fray Performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations at the Gulbenkian Festival and for Pianomania
David Fray will perform the Goldberg Variations in a recital at the Gulbenkian Festival in Lisbon, Portugal, on the evening of Wednesday, 6 October. The performance will afterwards be streamed on Arte.tv as part of the platform’s Pianomania series, beginning on...
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For his milestone recording of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, David Fray has chosen to record in a place very special to his heart: Chapelle de Piétat, the beloved chapel of his childhood hometown.