from Bach: Goldberg Variations (CDA68338) 1 Aria [3'31] 79 minutes 16 seconds 32 tracks2 Variation 1: a 1 Clav. [1'49] 3 Variation 2: a 1 Clav. [1'41] 4 Variation 3: Canone all'Unisuono. a 1 Clav. [1'50] 5 Variation 4: a 1 Clav. [1'08] 6 Variation 5: a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. [1'24] 7 Variation 6: Canone alla Secunda. a 1 Clav. [1'23] 8 Variation 7: a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga [1'51] 9 Variation 8: a 2 Clav. [1'59] 10 Variation 9: Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav. [2'38] 11 Variation 10: Fughetta. a 1 Clav. [1'37] 12 Variation 11: a 2 Clav. [1'30] 13 Variation 12: Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav. [3'58] 14 Variation 13: a 2 Clav. [3'22] 15 Variation 14: a 2 Clav. [2'10] 16 Variation 15: Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav. Andante [5'21] 17 Variation 16: Ouverture. a 1 Clav. [3'06] 18 Variation 17: a 2 Clav. [1'51] 19 Variation 18: Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav. [1'43] 20 Variation 19: a 1 Clav. [1'35] 21 Variation 20: a 2 Clav. [2'00] 22 Variation 21: Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav. [2'55] 23 Variation 22: a 1 Clav. [1'18] 24 Variation 23: a 1 Clav. [2'08] 25 Variation 24: Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav. [2'18] 26 Variation 25: a 2 Clav. Adagio [7'47] 27 Variation 26: a 2 Clav. [2'49] 28 Variation 27: Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav. [1'51] 29 Variation 28: a 2 Clav. [2'21] 30 Variation 29: a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. [2'08] 31 Variation 30: Quodlibet. a 1 Clav. [2'23] 32 Aria da capo [3'51] ‘[Kolesnikov] paces the Aria well and the following variations are full of Kolesnikov’s characteristic refinement and imaginative colour palette. I like the élan of Var 1 and the trumpets-and-drums ef ... ‘Kolesnikov’s playing is consistently lovely, and I would defy anyone not to enjoy it’ (BBC Music Magazine) ‘We’ve done pretty well for all kinds of recordings of Bach’s Goldberg Variations over the last few weeks … but my new favourite arrived this week from pianist Pavel Kolesnikov … in some way ... |