Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Marcin Świątkiewicz
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Rubicon
Catalogue: RCD1064
Release: 2020
Size: 1.74 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
01. Aria
02. Variatio 1. a 1 Clav.
03. Variatio 2. a 1 Clav.
04. Variatio 3. Canone all’Unisono. a 1 Clav.
05. Variatio 4. a 1 Clav.
06. Variatio 5. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.
07. Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
08. Variatio 7. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. al tempo di Giga
09. Variatio 8. a 2 Clav.
10. Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
11. Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.
12. Variatio 11. a 2 Clav.
13. Variatio 12. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta in moto contrario
14. Variatio 13. a 2 Clav.
15. Variatio 14. a 2 Clav.
16. Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav. Andante
17. Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav.
18. Variatio 17. a 2 Clav.
19. Variatio 18. Canone alla Sesta. a 1 Clav.
20. Variatio 19. a 1 Clav.
21. Variatio 20. a 2 Clav.
22. Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima
23. Variatio 22. a 1 Clav. alla breve
24. Variatio 23. a 2 Clav.
25. Variatio 24. Canone all’Ottava. a 1 Clav.
26. Variatio 25. a 2 Clav. Adagio
27. Variatio 26. a 2 Clav.
28. Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.
29. Variatio 28. a 2 Clav.
30. Variatio 29. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.
31. Variatio 30. a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
32. Aria da Capo
Marcin Swiatkiewiecz is recognisable as the outstanding harpsichordist of the generation. In demand with many of the leading baroque ensembles he has recorded for many labels and for TV and radio around the world.
In 2015 he released his album of harpsichord concertos by Johann Gottfried Müthel which won the Diapason d’Or and in 2017 came the release of the multi award-winning album ‘Cromatica’. His recording of Biber’s Rosary Sonatas with Rachel Podger and David Miller won a prestigious Gramophone award.
For his next album Marcin has turned to one of the supreme masterpieces of keyboard music – Bach’s Goldberg Variations composed in the late 1730s. This work confronts performers with formidable technical challenges and is a supreme example of Bach’s compositional genius and prowess as a keyboard virtuoso.