Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Peter Watchorn
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Musica Omnia
Release: 2021
Size: 609 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988:
CD 01
01. Aria
02. Var. 1
03. Var. 2
04. Var. 3, Canone all’unisuono
05. Var. 4
06. Var. 5
07. Var. 6, Canone alla seconda
08. Var. 7
09. Var. 8
10. Var. 9, Canone alla terza
11. Var. 10, Fughetta
12. Var. 11
13. Var. 12, Canone alla quarta
14. Var. 13
15. Var. 14
16. Var. 15, Canone alla quinta
CD 02
01. Var. 16, Ouverture
02. Var. 17
03. Var. 18, Canone alla sexta
04. Var. 19
05. Var. 20
06. Var. 21, Canone alla settima
07. Var. 22
08. Var. 23
09. Var. 24, Canone all’ottava
10. Var. 25
11. Var. 26
12. Var. 27, Canone alla nona
13. Var. 28
14. Var. 29
15. Var. 30, Quodlibet
16. Aria da capo
Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 form the final part of his monumental ClavierÃœbung (Keyboard Practices) series and appeared in print in 1741. The work exploits the full technical and musical resources of the two-manual harpsichord and it’s player. Within the framework of it’s thirty elaborate variations on a 32-bar ground bass, the work presents a dazzling compendium of keyboard styles, from learned counterpoint through to the most audacious and modern abstract writing for an instrument with two independent keyboards. The present recording is one the final volumes of Peter Watchorn’s complete survey of Bach’s entire harpsichord output.