Bach’s Goldberg Variations with John Butt, Harpsichord

Acknowledged as one of the world’s leading Bach performers and scholars, John Butt is the perfect choice to perform this masterwork on harpsichord.
There’s a nice story that Bach’s 30 variations on a charming little ‘aria’ were composed to soothe the insomnia of the former Russian ambassador to the court of Saxony – but it almost certainly isn’t true! No-one, surely, would fall asleep during the unfolding brilliance of the Goldberg Variations, now regarded as one of the pinnacles of the keyboard repertoire and the supreme technical challenge for any harpsichordist.