Goldberg Variations 'Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen', BWV988 (Bach)
from Bach: Goldberg Variations (CDA68338)
1 Aria [3'31]
2 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]
79 minutes 16 seconds 32 tracks
‘[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 ...
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‘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 ...