Goldberg Variations

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Grigory Sokolov

The Goldberg Variations is a work for solo harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in 1741. The composition comprises an aria followed by a series of variations that explore variation form through intricate counterpoint, formal symmetry and virtuosic keyboard writing, and it occupies a distinctive place among Bach's late keyboard works as an example of his variation technique and structural design.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
    4:06
  2. 2.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 1 a 1 Clav.
    1:39
  3. 3.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 2 a 1 Clav.
    2:01
  4. 4.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 3 Canone all'Unisono. a 1 Clav.
    3:08
  5. 5.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 4 a 1 Clav.
    1:06
  6. 6.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
    1:22
  7. 7.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 6 Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
    1:40
  8. 8.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
    2:41
  9. 9.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 8 a 2 Clav.
    1:39
  10. 10.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 9 Conone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
    2:02
  11. 11.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 10 Fughetta. a 1 Clav.
    2:03
  12. 12.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 11 a 2 Clav.
    3:17
  13. 13.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 12 Canone alla Quarta
    2:23
  14. 14.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 13 a 2 Clav.
    4:05
  15. 15.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 14 a 2 Clav.
    2:02
  16. 16.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 15 Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav. An...
    3:24
  17. 17.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 16 Ouverture. a 1 Clav.
    3:31
  18. 18.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 17 a 2 Clav.
    1:44
  19. 19.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 18 Canone alla Sesta. a 1 Clav.
    2:04
  20. 20.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 19 a 1 Clav.
    1:50
  21. 21.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 20 a 2 Clav.
    1:41
  22. 22.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 21 Canone alla Settima
    4:37
  23. 23.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 22 a 1 Clav. Alla breve
    2:08
  24. 24.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 23 a 2 Clav.
    2:02
  25. 25.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 24 Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav.
    3:38

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 25 a 2 Clav.
    9:48
  2. 3.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 26 a 2 Clav.
    2:02
  3. 4.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 27 Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.
    2:07
  4. 5.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 28 a 2 Clav.
    2:09
  5. 6.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
    2:11
  6. 7.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 30 Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.
    1:55
  7. 8.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da Capo
    4:34
  8. 9.
    Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
    4:58
  9. 10.
    Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
    3:20
  10. 11.
    Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: III. Courante
    1:52
  11. 12.
    Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
    4:23
  12. 13.
    Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeau
    1:29
  13. 14.
    Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
    3:34
  14. 15.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: I. Prelude
    4:23
  15. 16.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: II. Allemande
    3:11
  16. 17.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: III. Courante
    2:09
  17. 18.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: IV. Sarabande
    4:24
  18. 19.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: V. Bourree I:
    2:06
  19. 20.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: Bourree II: Bourree I
    2:14
  20. 21.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: VI. Gigue
    3:09

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