Thirty Goldberg Variations

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Wanda Landowska

Thirty Goldberg Variations is a keyboard composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in 1741. The work consists of an aria and thirty variations for harpsichord and uses contrapuntal writing and variation technique that show Bach's late keyboard style and shaped subsequent keyboard repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Aria—Andante Expresivo
  2. 2.
    Variation 1—Allegro moderato
  3. 3.
    Variation 2—Allegretto
  4. 4.
    Variation 3—Canone all’unisono
  5. 5.
    Variation 4—L’istesso movimento
  6. 6.
    Variation 5—Allegro vivace

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Variation 6—Canone alla seconda
  2. 3.
    Variation 7—Un poco vivace
  3. 4.
    Variation 8—Allegro
  4. 5.
    Variation 9—Canone alla terza
  5. 6.
    Variation 10—Fughetta. Un poco animato
  6. 7.
    Variation 11—Allegro e leggiero
  7. 8.
    Variation 12—Canone alla quarta in moto contrario. Allegretto moderato

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Variation 13—Andantino
  2. 4.
    Variation 14—Allegro moderato
  3. 5.
    Variation 15—Canone alla quinta in moto contrario. Andante
  4. 6.
    Variation 16—Ouverture. Maestoso—Allegretto

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Variation 17—Allegro
  2. 5.
    Variation 18—Canone alla 8esta. Con moto
  3. 6.
    Variation 19—Allegro vivace
  4. 7.
    Variation 20—Allegro
  5. 8.
    Variation 21—Canone alla Settima. Andante con moto
  6. 9.
    Variation 22—Alla breve

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Variation 23—Allegro moderato
  2. 6.
    Variation 24—Canone all’ottava. Allegretto con moto
  3. 7.
    Variation 25—Andante espressivo

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Variation 26—Allegro
  2. 7.
    Variation 27—Canone alla nona. Un poco vivace
  3. 8.
    Variation 28—Allegro
  4. 9.
    Variation 29—Brillante
  5. 10.
    Variation 30—Quodlibet. Moderato
  6. 11.
    Aria—Andante espressivo

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