Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Canadian Brass

The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 is a keyboard composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in 1741. The work consists of an aria followed by thirty variations for harpsichord that explore contrapuntal technique, canonic devices at increasing intervals and a range of textures from intimate to virtuosic, and it occupies a place among Bach's late keyboard works as a rigorous exploration of variation form within the Baroque idiom.
First released: 1st November 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
    3:57
  2. 2.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 1
    1:08
  3. 3.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 2
    1:06
  4. 4.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 3: Canon at the unison
    1:20
  5. 5.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 4
    1:10
  6. 6.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 5
    1:07
  7. 7.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 6: Canon at the second
    0:52
  8. 8.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 7
    2:04
  9. 9.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 8
    1:11
  10. 10.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 9: Canon at the third
    2:05
  11. 11.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 10
    0:48
  12. 12.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 11
    1:08
  13. 13.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 12: Canon at the fourth
    1:12
  14. 14.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 13
    2:52
  15. 15.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 14
    1:16
  16. 16.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 15: Canon at the fifth
    2:19
  17. 17.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 16: Overture
    1:40
  18. 18.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 17
    1:19
  19. 19.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 18: Canon at the sixth
    1:41
  20. 20.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 19
    0:47
  21. 21.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 20
    1:21
  22. 22.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 21: Canon at the seventh
    1:28
  23. 23.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 22
    1:27
  24. 24.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 23
    1:16
  25. 25.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 24: Canon at the octave
    1:26
  26. 26.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 25
    3:54
  27. 27.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 26
    1:15
  28. 28.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 27: Canon at the ninth
    1:05
  29. 29.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 28
    1:20
  30. 30.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 29
    1:34
  31. 31.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 30: Quodlibet
    1:14
  32. 32.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
    2:08

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