Goldberg Variations

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Jean Rondeau

The Goldberg Variations is a composition for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in 1741. The work is an aria followed by thirty variations that combine contrapuntal complexity with a wide range of keyboard textures and ornamentation, and it appears near the end of Bach's keyboard output and influenced later variation writing.

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  1. 1.
    I. Aria
    5:28
  2. 2.
    Variation I
    2:13
  3. 3.
    Variation II
    1:47
  4. 4.
    Variation III. Canone all'unisono
    2:24
  5. 5.
    Variation IV
    1:39
  6. 6.
    Variation V
    2:07
  7. 7.
    Variation VI. Canone alla seconda
    1:49
  8. 8.
    Variation VII. Al tempo di giga
    1:53
  9. 9.
    Variation VIII
    3:51
  10. 10.
    Variation IX. Canone alla terza
    2:35
  11. 11.
    Variation X. Fughetta
    2:09
  12. 12.
    Variation XI
    2:21
  13. 13.
    Variation XII. Canone alla quarta
    4:15
  14. 14.
    Variation XIII
    7:58
  15. 15.
    Variation XIV
    2:38
  16. 16.
    Variation XV. Canone alla quinta in moto contrario
    6:14
  17. 17.
    Variation XVI. Ouverture
    3:33
  18. 18.
    Variation XVII
    3:51
  19. 19.
    Variation XVIII. Canone alla sesta
    1:26
  20. 20.
    Variation XIX
    1:36
  21. 21.
    Variation XX
    2:47
  22. 22.
    Variation XXI. Canone alla settima
    3:17
  23. 23.
    Variation XXII
    1:51
  24. 24.
    Variation XXIII
    3:18
  25. 25.
    Variation XXIV. Canone all'ottava
    3:23
  26. 26.
    Variation XXV
    10:11
  27. 27.
    Variation XXVI
    2:43
  28. 28.
    Variation XXVII. Canone alla nona
    2:36
  29. 29.
    Variation XXVIII
    2:19
  30. 30.
    Variation XXIX
    2:38
  31. 31.
    Variation XXX. Quodlibet
    3:39
  32. 32.
    Aria da capo
    5:44

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