The Goldberg Variations are, to be fair, stylistically similar, and mostly in the same key. Perhaps Ólafsson had those people on his mind when he addressed the audience after his standing ovation, ...

“The Goldberg Variations” (with some slight modifications to the title) is a challenging harpsichord piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, a career-altering recording of that piece by pianist… ...

Being in the minority in my feelings for Glenn Gould's second Goldberg Variations, I feel it wise to add that I do not necessarily prefer them to his more famous 1955 recordings, as an admirer ...

In the decades since Glenn Gould’s revolutionary 1955 recording, Bach’s Goldberg Variations have gone from an esoteric object of specialist interest to a ubiquitous rite of passage.

Forget pop hits — a neuroscientist says the key to laser focus is Bach’s "Goldberg Variations." Here’s why it’s her go-to concentration hack for decades.

The pianist Vikingur Olafsson performing Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations at the Philharmonie in Berlin this month, as part of the tour accompanying his new recording of the work.

Yes, the hottest star in professional wrestling these days is not named Hulk, Macho Man or Giant, but Bill Goldberg. “When you hear of somebody named Goldberg, you think of a guy sitting behind ...

Why? I decided to transcribe Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations — for harp. I’m the first to admit that my project — a recording comes out Sept. 18 on the record label of King’s College, ...

(Jeremy Denk joins us all week to explore the Goldberg Variations. Read his posts on Tuesday and Thursday.). The best reason to hate Bach's Goldberg Variations—aside from the obvious reason that ...

In "The Goldberg-Variations," a play-within-a-play by acclaimed playwright George Tabori now playing at Theater for the New City, Derrick Peterson, left, plays Goldberg playing Moses; Dana Watkins ...