music fan, amman, jordan
5.0 out of 5 stars
A unique view
April 3, 2005
The disc pairs the Goldberg Variations with the F-Sharp toccata and two ricercares from the Musical Offering. Predictably of Rangell, the Variations are among the most original and subtly shaded of any outside the Tureck-Gould tradition.
As for the toccata and the ricercares, I haven't been so taken aback by a Bach performance since the days I was discovering Glenn Gould's recordings and later the Richter WTC. If only this major musical voice would take on the Art of Fugue to whose demands he's so uniquely matched.