Bach: Goldberg Variations (1955 Version) - Expanded Edition

Six Degrees of "The Goldberg Variations"

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  By Justin Davidson
  Bernstein overflowed with so much musical energy and he distributed pleasure so widely that only a man of his yawning ambition could be disappointed in himself. But he signaled his insecurities so persuasively that the rest of the world, too, wanted him to do more. He was the first American-born conductor of international stature, the incarnation of his country's cultural maturity. He was the smooth populist, as articulate about music as he was with it, and in his "Young People's Concerts" he showed that television could give everyone the tools to listen to Mozart. It helps, when listening to Bernstein's concert music, to visualize him as a conductor, caught in one of his distinctive poses of podium ecstasy: head thrown back as if he were being blown by gusts of music, arms outstretched as if to offer a great bear hug to the moment, to music, to the world. Bernstein composed with that same full-body delight in the stuff of music, and his most ambitious scores sound as if he could not bear to leave anything out.
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Six Degrees of Separation: Everything You Love Is Connected more >>
- Six Degrees of "The Goldberg Variations"
  
  It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five other albums we've deemed related in some way. In some cases these connections are obvious, in others they are tenuous. But, most important to you, all of the records are highly, highly recommended.
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eMusic Selects
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  Welcome to eMusic Selects, a monthly program featuring exclusive music from handpicked, unsigned new artists. The label began in February of 2008 with albums from High Places and Breathe Owl Breathe, and has continued from there, releasing 14 albums total to date, and paying out over $100,000 in royalties to our artists. (eMusic does not get a stake in these records or anything like that.) The newest additions to eMusic Selects are Altair Nouveau and Julianna Barwick. Listen to their incredible records below.
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