Bach: Goldberg Variations

1. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, 1. Aria
2. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation I
3. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation II
4. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation II
5. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation IV
6. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation V
7. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation VI
8. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation VII
9. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation VIII
10. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation IX
11. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation X
12. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XI
13. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XII
14. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XIII
15. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XIV
16. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XV
17. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XVI
18. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XVII
19. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XVIII
20. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XIX
21. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XX
22. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXI
23. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXII
24. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXIII
25. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXIV
26. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXV
27. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXVI
28. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXVII
29. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXVIII
30. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXIX
31. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXX
32. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Aria da capo è fine

Thibaut Garcia is one of the most acclaimed classical guitarists of his generation, praised for his playing that combines virtuosity and poetic sensitivity.

Born from a deep artistic friendship with guitarist Antoine Morinère, this album offers a fresh take on Bach’s masterpiece Goldberg Variations, now reimagined for two guitars.

The arrangement, from Garcia and Morinière themselves, is the result of a full year of work during which, quoting the artists, they focused on “how to adapt the keyboard work for two guitars, while preserving the illusion of a single performer”.

Twin guitars helped in their artistic endeavor: the album is recorded on two guitars cut from the same tree, and realized especially for the project by luthier Hugo Cuvillier.

This creative process also includes a retreat to the Abbey of Solesmes, where Garcia and Morinière experienced, for a few days, the life of monks, with the aim of better understanding Bach’s spirituality.