The 1955 Goldberg Variations - Birth of a Legend

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Glenn Gould

The 1955 Goldberg Variations - Birth of a Legend is a 1955 recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations. The work is a large-scale Baroque keyboard cycle built on a theme and a set of variations that explores contrapuntal technique and keyboard virtuosity, and the 1955 release influenced mid-20th-century approaches to interpreting and performing the piece.
First released: 15th November 2005

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
    1:53
  2. 2.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation I
    0:45
  3. 3.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation II
    0:37
  4. 4.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation III. Canon on the unison
    0:54
  5. 5.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation IV
    0:29
  6. 6.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation V
    0:36
  7. 7.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VI. Canon on the second
    0:34
  8. 8.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VII
    1:08
  9. 9.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VIII
    0:45
  10. 10.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation IX. Canon on the third
    1:20
  11. 11.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation X
    0:54
  12. 12.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XI. Fughetta
    0:55
  13. 13.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XII. Canon on the fourth
    1:01
  14. 14.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIII
    1:08
  15. 15.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIV
    0:58
  16. 16.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XV. Canon on the fifth
    2:16
  17. 17.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVI. Overture
    1:17
  18. 18.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVII
    0:53
  19. 19.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVIII. Canon on the sixth
    0:46
  20. 20.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIX
    0:42
  21. 21.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XX
    0:47
  22. 22.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXI. Canon on the seventh
    1:42
  23. 23.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXII. Alla breve
    0:42
  24. 24.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIII
    0:54
  25. 25.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIV. Canon on the octave
    0:56
  26. 26.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXV
    6:28
  27. 27.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVI
    0:52
  28. 28.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVII. Canon on the ninth
    0:49
  29. 29.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVIII
    1:10
  30. 30.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIX
    1:00
  31. 31.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXX. Quodlibet
    0:48
  32. 32.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da capo
    2:20
  33. 33.
    Aria / Variations 1-4, 30 / Star-Spangled Banner / God Save the Queen (excerpt)
    12:35
  34. 34.
    Variations 5, 6, 9, 11 & 23 (excerpt)
    7:14
  35. 35.
    Sinfonia No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 795
    5:09
  36. 36.
    Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794
    2:14
  37. 37.
    Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801
    5:38

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