Variations Goldberg BWV 988

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Pierre Hantaï

The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, is a set of variations for harpsichord composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and first published in 1741. The composition comprises an opening aria followed by 30 variations that systematically explore contrapuntal devices, rhythmic and harmonic transformation, and contrasting virtuosic and introspective keyboard writing, and it occupies an important place in Bach's keyboard oeuvre and the Baroque variation tradition.
First released: 1993

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Aria
    4:09
  2. 2.
    Variatio 1
    2:14
  3. 3.
    Variatio 2
    1:45
  4. 4.
    Variatio 3
    1:54
  5. 5.
    Variatio 4
    1:00
  6. 6.
    Variatio 5
    1:46
  7. 7.
    Variatio 6
    1:43
  8. 8.
    Variatio 7
    1:43
  9. 9.
    Variatio 8
    2:32
  10. 10.
    Variatio 9
    2:14
  11. 11.
    Variatio 10
    1:29
  12. 12.
    Variatio 11
    2:24
  13. 13.
    Variatio 12
    3:03
  14. 14.
    Variatio 13
    4:47
  15. 15.
    Variatio 14
    2:10
  16. 16.
    Variatio 15
    4:33
  17. 17.
    Variatio 16
    2:49
  18. 18.
    Variatio 17
    1:50
  19. 19.
    Variatio 18
    1:21
  20. 20.
    Variatio 19
    1:29
  21. 21.
    Variatio 20
    2:08
  22. 22.
    Variatio 21
    3:01
  23. 23.
    Variatio 22
    1:17
  24. 24.
    Variatio 23
    2:13
  25. 25.
    Variatio 24
    3:01
  26. 26.
    Variatio 25
    3:44
  27. 27.
    Variatio 26
    2:09
  28. 28.
    Variatio 27
    1:50
  29. 29.
    Variatio 28
    2:30
  30. 30.
    Variatio 29
    2:02
  31. 31.
    Variatio 30
    1:57
  32. 32.
    Aria da capo a Fine
    4:23

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