Goldberg Variations Main Performer or Conductor: Bernard Lagace Accompaniment/Orchestra: Beckerath Organ, Eglise Immaculee-Conception Instrumentation: Organ Individual Works: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Format: Compact Disc Record Label: Analekta/Fleur de Lys Catalog Number: FL 2 3068 Year Released/Recorded: 1995 Total Playing Time: 77:43 Comments: Canadian organist Bernard Lagace offers an interesting presentation of BachÆs Goldberg Variations on the organ. He opens with the somber Aria and the variations spring to life thereafter. The variations come with a stately speed, without rush but certainly no lack of momentum either. He offers colourful registration, with each registration suited to the character of each variation. The Goldberg Variations, already a monumental piece on its own, is made even bigger by his rendition that certainly does the Beckerath organ at Eglise Immaculate-Conception justice. The playback level needs to be reduced to achieve a genuine and lifelike effect. Acknowledgements: Thank you to the following for submitting this recording and for your comments: Freddie Sng Date First Submitted: 02/14/1997 Purchasing: Suggested Purchasing Sources Note: Inclusion in this database does not guarantee the availability of any recording. Some recordings may be out-of-print or no longer available.