Variations Goldberg

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Kenneth Gilbert

The Goldberg Variations is a set of keyboard variations by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in 1741. Comprising an aria and thirty variations for harpsichord, the work explores contrapuntal complexity, dance-inspired rhythms and virtuosic keyboard figuration, and sits within Bach's mature output as an example of variation form and keyboard counterpoint.
First released: 1986

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Aria
    2:16
  2. 2.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Variatio 1-4
    7:02
  3. 3.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Variatio 5-8
    5:29
  4. 4.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Variatio 9-12
    7:51
  5. 5.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Variatio 13
    6:35
  6. 6.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Variatio 14, 15
    5:01
  7. 7.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Variatio 16
    2:42
  8. 8.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Variatio 17-20
    5:07
  9. 9.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Variatio 21-24
    8:10
  10. 10.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Variatio 25
    7:15
  11. 11.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Variatio 26-30
    6:46
  12. 12.
    Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988: Aria da capo
    2:26

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