I know Schepkin and his is a genius with his own internal rythm , very original...Any other of his Bach are a treasure because nobody played that as he did in some case it is unbelievable ...
I prefer for the Goldberg the Version of Feltsman though spontaneous almost improvisation flows in his arrival in Moscow after the Wall destruction ... But i could live with Schepkin heart rythm ...In the same way the Klavier well tempered of Feltsman beat even the perfect Schiff version i like too ...Feltsman add emotions to mere perfection ...It win the heart .... And his clarity rival the Schiff mastery ...
I suggested strongly everyone to try the Goldberg transcription for strings trio buy if you can the Sitkovesky transcription played by himself on Orfeo ...My best even if some others do well ..Many versions here too ...... Amazing ...I like any version of the Goldberg played by nevermind who ...😊
It is the only works of Bach competing with the Brandenburg and Klavier concertos and beating them for their irresistible internal pulse toward enthusiasm ectasy ...Incredible ...Who know someone hating the Goldberg ?
There is no limits to interesting version or transcription of the Goldberg and of the art of the fugue, i own 25 ? ... I am more limited for the Brandenburg and the Ouvertures, here Hogwood so perfectly timed version in spite of some defects in period instrument playings in the beginnings is my only one coming back, and Savall perfectly played instruments and timing one for the Ouvertures destructed all other choices for me ...
My favorite recording is an obscure one by by Sergei Schepkin from the early nineties on the Ongaku label.