New BIS cd of Bach's "Goldberg" - on accordion

[Rach3]

From BIS:

Bach – Goldberg Variations

BIS-2399 | SACD EAN 7318599923994 TT: 90'06

The Goldberg Variations – the perfect fusion of the cerebral and the emotional

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Goldberg Variations (Aria mit verschiedenen Variationen), BWV 988

Andreas Borregaard, accordion

2 discs for the price of 1:
SACD players: Disc 1 contains the complete programme in SACD stereo
CD players: Disc 1: Aria and Variations 1–15; Disc 2: Variations 16-30 and Aria da capo

[jbuck919]

Rach, I appreciate your posts very much, but I cannot imagine anything more disgusting than the Goldberg Variations on an accordion.

[Rach3]

Rach, I appreciate your posts very much, but I cannot imagine anything more disgusting than the Goldberg Variations on an accordion.

I don't plan on acquiring the BIS cd. Apparently there are at least 3 other accordion recordings , apparently some listeners enjoy them , and BIS did decide to invest, but a mystery to me as well.

[John F]

It's not only the sound of the accordion but Bach's writing for two keyboards that make me wonder how this can possibly work. So I sampled an accordion recording on YouTube. Most of the notes are there, but as Dr. Johnson said about a dog walking on its hind legs: "It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all."

[Lance]

Hmm, I used to play the accordion early-on in my life, long ago. I have seen some "stars" of the instrument do some fascinating things with transcriptions and virtuosity. If I told you I played Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on the accordion (all movements), what would say? Hey, if Gould, Badura-Skoda, and Katsaris could play the fifth on the piano (among others) why not the accordion?