The most repeated criticism of Keith Jarrett recordings of classical music, especially Bach's works is that he too "smooth" to note for note, to "good", too superficial, too little interpreted Games. In particular, in the "Goldberg Variations" and the preludes in "Well-Tempered Clavier" He'll miss the necessary "signature" and miss it, the music that it authorizes all freewheeling, make his mark. That may be all - probably I lack the necessary expertise and knowledge of many different Bach interpretations to assess the can. Alone, I can hear the wonderful music, feel soft, gentle stop in the quiet passages, a wild-merry or expressive-dramatic play in the fast tempos, take a strict, precise shape in the joint exercise, and a pleasantly airy piano playing in the Preludes. It's simply a wonderful composition of Bach and Keith Jarrett plays just as he sees fit. And it sounds glorious, even if the tracks on the second CD (VA BWV 859-862) a little boring and informative loose will.
