Angela Hewitt - Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1999 Version) (2000)

Tracklist

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

This is very special. All of Angela Hewitt's Bach recordings to date have been made in Germany on her favourite piano and with her chosen producer, Ludger Böckenhoff. For this recording of the Goldbergs, a work for which she has especial reverence, Angela inspected several venues in Britain. Accordingly she and Ludger, the piano and piano technician Gerd Finkenstein, travelled from Germany to London's Henry Wood Hall where no fewer than five days were allocated to record the work. Finally satisfied artistically, Angela finished the recording at the end of the fifth day, after which she went home for a bath and something to eat. Everybody then went back to HWH in the middle of the night and recorded the whole thing again, without a break. After a few final adjustments in the editing room, that is the performance which appears on this disc.

All repeats are observed.

All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set Angela Hewitt plays Bach: 'A magnificent retrospective of Angela Hewitt’s achievement as a pianist in the keyboard works of J S Bach … this remarkable set of recordings marks something of a milestone for everyone involved with classical music, as well as for Hyperion' (MusicWeb International).

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