Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque
Conductor: Chad Kelly
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Channel
Catalogue: CCSSA44923
Release: 2023
Size: 2.75 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988 (Arr. for Solo Violin and Ensemble by Chad Kelly)
01. Aria
02. Variation 1
03. Variation 2 – Variation 3 “Canone all’Unisono” – Variation 4 – Variation 5
04. Variation 6 “Canone alla Seconda” – Variation 7 “Al tempo di Giga” – Variation 8
05. Variation 9 “Canone alla Terza” – Variation 10 “Fughetta”
06. Variation 11 – Variation 12 “Canone alla Quarta”
07. Variation 13
08. Variation 14
09. Variation 15 “Canone alla Quinta in moto contrario, andante”
10. Variation 16 “Ouverture” – Variation 17
11. Variation 18 “Canone alla Sesta”
12. Variation 19
13. Variation 20
14. Variation 21 “Canone alla Settima” – Variation 22 “alla breve”
15. Variation 23 – Variation 24 “Canone all’Ottava”
16. Variation 25 “Adagio” – Variation 26
17. Variation 27 “Canone alla Nona” – Variation 28
18. Variation 29 – Variation 30 “Quodlibet” – “Aria da capo”
Bach’s extraordinary set of 30 variations have been arranged multiple times, but no-one has yet attempted to imagine how Bach himself would have transformed the Goldbergs for an ensemble in line with his Musical Offering.
Employing a variety of instrumental combinations from a typical Bach ensemble of single strings, oboe, flute, bassoon and harpsichord, these newly-crafted Goldbergs illuminate this well-worn journey with exquisite responses to the genres expressed in Bach’s scores: from aria to overture, fugue to trio sonata, and concerto to quodlibet, the variations take flight in ways which would have graced his Sunday coffee concerts in Leipzig in the 1730s – and which transform the listening experience for today’s audience.
This arrangement was originally commissioned by Rachel Podger’s own Brecon Baroque Festival.
