Variations Goldberg

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Céline Frisch

The Goldberg Variations is a set of variations for harpsichord composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and published in 1741. The work opens with a theme followed by thirty variations that explore Baroque counterpoint, variation technique and keyboard virtuosity, ranging from intricate contrapuntal writing to demanding passagework, and it occupies a prominent place in Bach's output as a leading example of his keyboard variation writing and of the Baroque variation form.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
    3:52
  2. 2.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 1
    2:06
  3. 3.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 2
    1:38
  4. 4.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 3. Canone all’unisuono
    1:58
  5. 5.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 4
    1:04
  6. 6.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 5
    1:49
  7. 7.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 6. Canone alla seconda
    1:06
  8. 8.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 7
    1:30
  9. 9.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 8
    2:07
  10. 10.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 9. Canone alla terza
    2:17
  11. 11.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 10. Fughetta
    1:34
  12. 12.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 11
    2:07
  13. 13.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 12. Canone alla quarta
    2:31
  14. 14.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 13
    5:36
  15. 15.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 14
    2:08
  16. 16.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 15. Canone alla quinta, in moto contrario.
    4:23
  17. 17.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 16. Ouverture
    2:28
  18. 18.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 17
    2:04
  19. 19.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 18. Canone alla sesta
    1:23
  20. 20.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 19
    1:08
  21. 21.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 20
    1:55
  22. 22.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 21. Canone alla settima
    2:49
  23. 23.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 22. Alla breve
    1:21
  24. 24.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 23
    2:07
  25. 25.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 24. Canone all’ottava
    2:54
  26. 26.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 25
    6:29
  27. 27.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 26
    2:05
  28. 28.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 27. Canone alla nona
    1:58
  29. 29.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 28
    2:19
  30. 30.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 29
    2:08
  31. 31.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 30. Quodlibet
    2:29
  32. 32.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da capo
    4:14

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Canon simplex
    0:19
  2. 3.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: All’ rovescio
    0:16
  3. 4.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Beede vorigen Canones zugleich, motu recto e contrario
    0:16
  4. 5.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Motu contrario e recto
    0:16
  5. 6.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Canon duplex à 4
    0:34
  6. 7.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Canon simplex über besagtes Fundament à 3
    0:43
  7. 8.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Canon simplex über besagtes Fundament à 3
    0:19
  8. 9.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Canon simplex à 3, il soggetto in Alto
    0:33
  9. 10.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Canon in unisono post semifusamà 3
    0:27
  10. 11.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Alio modo, per syncopationes et per ligaturas à 2
    0:32
  11. 12.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Canon duplex übers Fundament à 5
    1:05
  12. 13.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Canon duplex über besagte Fundamental-Noten à 5
    3:33
  13. 14.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Canon triplex à 6
    1:11
  14. 15.
    14 Canons, BWV 1087: Canon à 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
    1:45
  15. 16.
    Die Wasserrüben und der Kohl (Volkslied, sopra la Bergamasca)
    7:27
  16. 17.
    Ich bin so lang nicht bei dir gewest (Kehraus improvisé)
    4:53

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