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PERFORMER: VLADIMIR FELTSMAN...
THERE IS A DEEPLY MYSTICAL SIDE to Vladimir Feltsman. It has to do with suffering and spiritual reunification -- what Tolstoy called "resurrection." But the Russian-born pianist refuses to talk about all this. He lets his music do the talking in the unfolding of these remarkable Goldberg Variations, from the first tender, probing notes of the aria, through successive layers of joy, exuberance, introspection and turbulence, and finally back to the whispered serenity of the aria. In between, as Feltsman might say, lies infinity...
...virtuoso, 40, made this live recording during a triumphant return visit to Russia, which he had left in 1987. The time was October 1991, and the place was the recital hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Feltsman's alma mater. "It was a very, very emotional experience for me," says the former refusenik, who for eight years was persecuted by the Communist regime for seeking to emigrate. "And I think that it was a good night. I played really as well as I could...
Composed in 1742, supposedly to ease the slumbers of an insomniac Russian , count, the Goldberg Variations are among Bach's most brilliant and daunting keyboard works. "Somehow the piece has been very special all my life," says Feltsman. He speaks passionately about its mathematical and mystical symbolism -- "the meaning of it is infinite, infinite" -- and describes a long "love-hate relationship between Goldberg and myself...
...ARTS AND RUSSIA IN REVOLUTION. Detente comes to Dixie as Soviet ballet, drama, music, film and art share the stage at the Classics in Context Festival in Louisville. Featured performers include pianist Vladimir Feltsman and the Moscow Art Theater. Through...