Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Nevermind
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA1116
Release: 2025
Size: 3.34 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Ensemble by Robin Pharo and Jean Rondeau)
CD 01
01. Aria
02. Var. I a 1 Clav.
03. Var. II a 1 Clav.
04. Var. III. Canone all’Unisuono. a 1 Clav.
05. Var. IV a 1 Clav.
06. Var. V a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
07. Var. VI. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
08. Var. VII a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. al tempo di Giga
09. Var. VIII a 2 Clav.
10. Var. IX. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
11. Var. X. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.
12. Var. XI a 2 Clav.
13. Var. XII a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav. in moto contrario
14. Var. XIII a 2 Clav.
15. Var. XIV a 2 Clav.
16. Var. XV. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.: Andante
CD 02
01. Var. XVI. Ouverture. a 1 Clav.
02. Var. XVII a 2 Clav.
03. Var. XVIII. Canone alla Sesta. a 1 Clav.
04. Var. XIX a 1 Clav.
05. Var. XX a 2 Clav.
06. Var. XXI. Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav.
07. Var. XXII a 1 Clav. alla breve
08. Var. XXIII a 2 Clav.
09. Var. XXIV. Canone all’Ottava. a 1 Clav.
10. Var. XXV a 2 Clav.: Adagio
11. Var. XXVI a 2 Clav.
12. Var. XXVII. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.
13. Var. XVIII a 2 Clav.
14. Var. XXIX a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
15. Var. XXX. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.
16. Aria da Capo
A genuine masterpiece inspires musicians to adopt, adapt, or transcribe it without losing any of its greatness. Nevermind’s four baroque aces, Anna Besson, Louis Creac’h, Robin Pharo and Jean Rondeau, have taken a creative look at Bach’s famous Goldberg Variations and have made their own stylishly insightful ‘variations’ on the work. As they themselves explain: ‘We needed only an informal rehearsal to grasp the incredible potential of a transcription for our ensemble. There have been other arrangements, but nobody has ever attempted this one before now, even though our instruments are among those most typically used in J.S. Bach’s chamber music, in his many solo sonatas for flute, violin or gamba with bass continuo and obbligato harpsichord – and they also frequently feature in the arias of his cantatas and Passions.’
