Goldberg Variations

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Lang Lang

The Goldberg Variations is a keyboard composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in 1741. Composed in the Baroque idiom, it comprises a theme followed by thirty variations that systematically explore contrapuntal techniques, canons at successive intervals, varied keyboard textures and ornamentation, and it occupies a central position in Bach's late keyboard output and in the development of variation form in Western art music.
First released: 2020

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
    5:21
  2. 2.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 16 a 1 clav. Ouverture
    2:45
  3. 3.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 1 a 1 clav.
    2:06
  4. 4.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 17 a 2 clav.
    2:01
  5. 5.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 2 a 1 clav.
    1:36
  6. 6.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 18 a 1 clav. Canone alla sesta
    1:44
  7. 7.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988s: Variatio 3 a 1 clav. Canone all’unisuono
    3:09
  8. 8.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 19 a 1 clav.
    1:15
  9. 9.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 20 a 2 clav.
    2:06
  10. 10.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 4 a 1 clav.
    1:03
  11. 11.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 21. Canone alla settima
    4:36
  12. 12.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 5 a 1 ovvero 2 clav.
    1:21
  13. 13.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Variatio 6 a 1 clav. Canone alla seconda
    1:12
  14. 14.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 22 a 1 clav. Alla breve
    1:28
  15. 15.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 7 a 1 ov vero 2 clav. Al tempo di giga
    2:20
  16. 16.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: 23 a 2 clav.
    2:13
  17. 17.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 24 a 1 clav. Canone all’ottava
    3:03
  18. 18.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 8 a 2 clav.
    2:02
  19. 19.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 9 a 1 clav. Canone alla terza
    2:14
  20. 20.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 25 a 2 clav. Adagio
    10:09
  21. 21.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 10 a 1 clav. Fughetta
    1:40
  22. 22.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 26 a 2 clav.
    1:49
  23. 23.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 11 a 2 clav.
    2:29
  24. 24.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 27 a 2 clav. Canone alla nona
    1:38
  25. 25.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 12. Canone alla quarta
    2:10
  26. 26.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 28 a 2 clav.
    2:03
  27. 27.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 29 a 1 ovvero 2 clav.
    2:06
  28. 28.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 13 a 2 clav.
    6:09
  29. 29.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 14 a 2 clav.
    2:17
  30. 30.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 30 a 1 clav. Quodlibet
    2:32
  31. 31.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 15 a 1 clav. Canone alla quinta
    6:20
  32. 32.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da capo e fine
    6:21

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