Liepe Niklas

Liepe Niklas: The New Paganini Project [2 CD]

German violinist Niklas Liepe teams with arranger/composer Andreas N. Tarkmann for a new version of Bach's Goldberg Variations: 13 of the famous Goldberg Variations are newly arranged for solo violin and strings by Andreas Tarkmann.<br/><br/>Niklas Liepe also invited renowned contemporary composers, Moritz Eggert, Sidney Corbett, Wolf Kerschek, Rolf Rudin, Dominik J. Dieterle, Konstanzia Gourzi, Tobias Rokahr, Friedrich Heinrich Kern, Stephan Koncz and Daniel Sundy, to compose new variations inspired by the original variations. Some examples for these new compositions are "Dialogue with Bach", "Goldberg Hallucination Remix", "Goldberg's Last Summer" and "GoldBerghain".<br/><br/>The new Goldberg Variations are recorded by Niklas Liepe, the NDR Radiophilharmonie and guest musicians under the direction of Jamie Phillips.