Name your leading interpretative preferences in the Goldberg Variations, and there's bound to be someone on disc who expresses them.
Leaving aside numerous harpsichord versions, the current catalogue is notably rich in colourful piano alternatives. Two things strike you about Hewitt's Goldbergs from the start: first, that she can summon many dynamic grades simultaneously; and second, that her variations between repeats aren't restricted to matters of voicing.
For example, in Variation 13, she accelerates her phrases as if caught on a spontaneous impulse, then relaxes for the response. When she plays the variation's first half again she significantly modifies her tone and rubato, then opts for a more formal approach to the second half. All this in just over four and a half minutes! Her mastery of the keyboard is exemplary.
She can launch an elegant staccato or allow one voice to weave an ivy-like thread, while others argue above it. Beyond a seamless account of the pivotal Variation 25, Hewitt rattles off manic trills in Var 23 and favours a grand, free-wheeling approach for Var 29. This disc is strongly recommended.