Variations Goldberg

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Pierre Hantaï

The Goldberg Variations is a keyboard composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in 1741. Composed in Bach's mature period, it consists of a theme followed by thirty variations that explore Baroque contrapuntal techniques and keyboard virtuosity, and it occupies a central role in the keyboard repertoire.
First released: 10th February 2004

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: I. Aria
    4:40
  2. 2.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: II. Variation 1 on 1 Clavier
    2:17
  3. 3.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: III. Variation 2 a 1 Clavier
    1:50
  4. 4.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: IV. Variation 3. Canone all'unisono a 1 Clavier
    2:02
  5. 5.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: V. Variation 4 a 1 Clavier
    1:08
  6. 6.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: VI. Variation 5 on 1 ovvero 2 Clavier
    1:41
  7. 7.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: VII. Variation 6. Canone alla Seconda on 1 Clavier
    1:54
  8. 8.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: VIII. Variation 7 on 1 ovvero 2 Clavier al tempo di Giga
    1:51
  9. 9.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: IX. Variation 8 on 2 Clavier
    2:22
  10. 10.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: X. Variation 9. Cannone all' Terza on 1 Clavier
    2:37
  11. 11.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XI. Variation 10. Fughetta on 1 Clavier
    1:38
  12. 12.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XII. Variation 11 on 2 Clavier
    2:28
  13. 13.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XIII. Variation 12. Canone all Quarta
    3:19
  14. 14.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XIV. Variation 13 on 2 Clavier
    5:37
  15. 15.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XV. Variation 14 on 2 Clavier
    2:07
  16. 16.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XVI. Variation 15. Canone alla Quinta on 1 Clavier: Andante
    2:59
  17. 17.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XVII. Variation 16 on 1 Clavier: Ouverture
    2:55
  18. 18.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XVIII. Variation 17 on 2 Clavier
    1:50
  19. 19.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XIX. Variation 18. Canone alla Sesta on 1 Clavier
    1:30
  20. 20.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XX. Variation 19 on 1 Clavier
    1:39
  21. 21.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXI. Variation 20 on 2 Clavier
    1:58
  22. 22.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXII. Variation 21. Canone alla Settima
    3:23
  23. 23.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXIII. Variation 22 on 1 Clavier: Alla breve
    1:33
  24. 24.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXIV. Variation 23 on 2 Clavier
    2:20
  25. 25.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXV. Variation 24. Canone all'Ottava on 1 Clavier
    3:16
  26. 26.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXVI. Variation 25 on 2 Clavier: Adagio
    4:09
  27. 27.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXVII. Variation 26 on 2 Clavier
    1:53
  28. 28.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXVIII. Variation 27. Canone alla Nona on 2 Clavier
    1:49
  29. 29.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXIX. Variation 28 on 2 Clavier
    2:24
  30. 30.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXX. Variation 29 on 1 or 2 Clavier
    2:06
  31. 31.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXXI. Variation 30 on 1 Clavier: Quodlibet
    2:16
  32. 32.
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: XXXII. Aria da capo e Fine
    2:38

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