Goldberg Variations

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Nicholas Angelich

The Goldberg Variations is a composition for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in 1741. It comprises an opening theme and thirty variations that explore contrapuntal devices, canonic procedures at successive intervals, varied rhythmic and harmonic textures, and a broad range of keyboard techniques, representing a culmination of Bach's late keyboard writing and an important milestone in Baroque variation practice.

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  1. 1.
    Goldberg Variations: I. Aria
    5:20
  2. 2.
    Goldberg Variations: II. Variatio 1 a 1 clav.
    1:58
  3. 3.
    Goldberg Variations: III. Variatio 2 a 1 clav.
    1:56
  4. 4.
    Goldberg Variations: IV. Variatio 3 Canone all Unisuono a 1 clav.
    2:01
  5. 5.
    Goldberg Variations: V. Variatio 4 a 1 clav.
    1:03
  6. 6.
    Goldberg Variations: VI. Variatio 5 a 1 o vero 2 clav.
    1:22
  7. 7.
    Goldberg Variations: VII. Variatio 6 Canone alla seconda a 1 clav.
    1:24
  8. 8.
    Goldberg Variations: VIII. Variatio 7 a 1 o vero 2 clav.
    2:04
  9. 9.
    Goldberg Variations: IX. Variatio 8 a 2 clav.
    1:52
  10. 10.
    Goldberg Variations: X. Variatio 9 Canone alla terza a 2 clav.
    2:31
  11. 11.
    Goldberg Variations: XI. Variatio 10 Fughetta a 1 clav.
    1:35
  12. 12.
    Goldberg Variations: XII. Variatio 11 a 2 clav.
    2:22
  13. 13.
    Goldberg Variations: XIII. variatio 12 Canone alla quarta
    2:05
  14. 14.
    Goldberg Variations: XIV. Variatio 13 a 2 clav.
    4:51
  15. 15.
    Goldberg Variations: XV. Variatio 14 a 2 clav.
    2:09
  16. 16.
    Goldberg Variations: XVI. Variatio 15 Canone alla Quinta a 1 clav.
    5:10
  17. 17.
    Goldberg Variations: XVII. Variatio 16 a 1 clav. Ouvertura
    3:01
  18. 18.
    Goldberg Variations: XVIII. Variatio 17 a 2 clav.
    1:47
  19. 19.
    Goldberg Variations: XIX. Variatio 18 Canone alla sexta a 1 clav.
    1:48
  20. 20.
    Goldberg Variations: XX. Variatio 19 a 1 clav.
    1:51
  21. 21.
    Goldberg Variations: XXI. Variatio 20 a 2 clav.
    1:48
  22. 22.
    Goldberg Variations: XXII. Variatio 21 Canone alla settima a 1 clav.
    2:39
  23. 23.
    Goldberg Variations: XXIII. Variatio 22 a 1 clav. alla breve
    1:29
  24. 24.
    Goldberg Variations: XXIV. Variatio 23 a 2 clav. IV Variatio 23 a 2 clav.
    2:07
  25. 25.
    Goldberg Variations: XXV. Variatio 24 Canone alla Ottava a 1 clav.
    2:54
  26. 26.
    Goldberg Variations: XXVI. Variatio 25 a 2 clav.
    7:11
  27. 27.
    Goldberg Variations: XXVII. Variatio 26 a 2 clav.
    1:55
  28. 28.
    Goldberg Variations: XXVIII. Variatio 27 Canone alla Nona a 2 clav.
    1:50
  29. 29.
    Goldberg Variations: XXIX. Variatio 28 a 1 clav.
    2:27
  30. 30.
    Goldberg Variations: XXX. Variatio 29 a 1 o vero 2 clav.
    2:15
  31. 31.
    Goldberg Variations: XXXI. Variatio 30 a 1 clav. Quodlibet
    2:12
  32. 32.
    Goldberg Variations: XXXII. Aria da Capo e fine
    2:43

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