Goldberg Variations

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Fretwork

The Goldberg Variations is a keyboard composition by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, published in 1741. Written in the Baroque style and originally composed for harpsichord, it comprises a theme followed by thirty variations that combine strict contrapuntal techniques (including regularly spaced canons) with virtuosic passages, representing a culmination of Bach's late keyboard variation writing and a significant work in the history of keyboard music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Aria
    4:57
  2. 2.
    Variatio 1
    2:39
  3. 3.
    Variatio 2
    1:31
  4. 4.
    Variatio 3, Canone all'Unisono
    2:24
  5. 5.
    Variatio 4
    1:20
  6. 6.
    Variatio 5
    1:56
  7. 7.
    Variatio 6, Canone alla Seconda
    1:35
  8. 8.
    Variatio 7, al tempo di Giga
    1:57
  9. 9.
    Variatio 8
    2:01
  10. 10.
    Variatio 9, Canone alla Terza
    2:12
  11. 11.
    Variatio 10, Fughetta
    1:33
  12. 12.
    Variatio 11
    2:40
  13. 13.
    Variatio 12, Canone alla Quarta
    2:52
  14. 14.
    Variatio 13
    6:32
  15. 15.
    Variatio 14
    2:31
  16. 16.
    Variatio 15, Canone alla Quinta. Andante
    4:53

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Variatio 16, Ouverture
    3:01
  2. 3.
    Variatio 17
    2:50
  3. 4.
    Variatio 18, Canone alla Sesta
    1:29
  4. 5.
    Variatio 19
    1:06
  5. 6.
    Variatio 20
    2:53
  6. 7.
    Variatio 21, Canone alla Settima
    3:38
  7. 8.
    Variatio 22, alla breve
    1:35
  8. 9.
    Variatio 23
    2:14
  9. 10.
    Variatio 24, Canone all'Ottava
    2:46
  10. 11.
    Variatio 25, adagio
    7:40
  11. 12.
    Variatio 26
    2:23
  12. 13.
    Variatio 27, Canone alla Nona
    2:22
  13. 14.
    Variatio 28
    2:36
  14. 15.
    Variatio 29
    2:41
  15. 16.
    Variatio 30, Quodlibet
    1:55
  16. 17.
    Aria
    5:22

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