Bach: Goldberg Variations

Erato/2021

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David Fray adds a landmark of the solo keyboard repertoire to his Bach discography: the Goldberg Variations. “The Goldberg Variations are a real test,” he says. “They are the work of a lifetime, perhaps a work about life itself … a kind of rite of passage, a journey. Every element of human life is in them … When you play the theme again after the 30 variations, in its original purity, it is as if you’re at the end of your life, looking back over everything that has happened in the last hour-and-a-half. Few works give such a sense of eternity”.

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Tracklisting
Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
1. Aria
2. Variation 1
3. Variation 2
4. Variation 3. Canone all’unisono
5. Variation 4
6. Variation 5
7. Variation 6. Canone alla seconda
8. Variation 7. Al tempo di giga
9. Variation 8
10. Variation 9. Canone alla terza
11. Variation 10. Fughetta
12. Variation 11
13. Variation 12. Canone alla quarta
14. Variation 13
15. Variation 14
16. Variation 15. Canone alla quinta in moto contrario
17. Variation 16. Ouverture
18. Variation 17
19. Variation 18. Canone alla sesta
20. Variation 19
21. Variation 20
22. Variation 21. Canone alla settima
23. Variation 22. Alla breve
24. Variation 23
25. Variation 24. Canone all’ottava
26. Variation 25
27. Variation 26
28. Variation 27. Canone alla nona
29. Variation 28
30. Variation 29
31. Variation 30. Quodlibet
32. Aria da capo
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