Pianists are measured against one another by how they handle benchmark compositions. For instance, with their rigor and accessibility, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations helped bestow master ...

But the theme, 20 short variations and coda bulge with so much rhythmic and coloristic appeal that it's hard to imagine the music seemed so forbidding at its premiere. Ax gave Copland's explosion of ...

What makes Bach's Goldberg Variations tick? Pianist Jeremy Denk has a few ideas. From the comfort of his living room piano, he reveals how Bach's musical DNA — a simple strand of bass notes — is ...

The pianist’s clarity and dexterity brings humour and insights to Beethoven’s contradictory colossus of a work It has taken until now for Mitsuko Uchida to lay down a recording of Beethoven’s Diabelli ...

For years, critics considered Glenn Gould's interpretation of "The Goldberg Variations" by Johann Sebastian Bach to be the gold standard. Now, there's a new contender. With Serena Altschul, we take ...

In his elegant drama, "33 Variations," playwright Moises Kaufman leads audiences on an exploration into the hearts and minds of two passionate beings who, though separated by centuries, share an ...

Programmers have developed variations that won't be so easy for the recording industry to stop. Want "The Real Slim Shady"? Launch Napigator. "Jail House Rock"? Just type the name into Gnutella. A ...