Jean Muller - J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (2017) [Hi-Res]

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01. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
02. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 1. a 1 Clav.
03. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 2. a 1 Clav.
04. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisuono a 1 Clav.
05. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 4. a 1 Clav.
06. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
07. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
08. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
09. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 8. a 2 Clav.
10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.
12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 11. a 2 Clav.
13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav.
14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 13. a 2 Clav.
15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 14. a 2 Clav.
16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.
17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav.
18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 17. a 2 Clav.
19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 18. Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav.
20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 19. a 1 Clav.
21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 20. a 2 Clav.
22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav.
23. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 22. a 1 Clav.
24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 23. a 2 Clav.
25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav.
26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 25. a 2 Clav.
27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 26. a 2 Clav.
28. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.
29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 28. a 2 Clav.
30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 29. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.
32. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da capo


In 1741, at the height of his creativity, Bach published one of his pioneering works under the modest title “Keyboard exercise comprising an ARIA with diverse variations for harpsichord with two manuals”. The title “Goldberg Variations” has attached itself to the work thanks to an unverifiable anecdote by Bach’s first biographer Johann Nikolaus Forkel. This story has often led people to the misapprehension that the phenomenal work was conceived to help Count Keyserlingk drop off to sleep.

The Goldberg Variations have gained monolithic prominence as the only work of Bach’s oeuvre in this genre. The challenge of composing a piece of considerable length (45–90 minutes depending on how frequently the repeats are played) on top of a single bass line has been superbly met here. It is astonishing how the continuous G major, which is interspersed with just three G minor variations, never becomes the slightest bit tedious for the listener.

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