Bach: Goldberg Variations

LPA

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

LPB

1. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation X
2. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XI
3. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XII
4. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XIII
5. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XIV
6. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XV

LPC

1. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XVI
2. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XVII
3. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XVIII
4. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XIX
5. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XX
6. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXI
7. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXII
8. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXIII
9. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXIV

LPD

1. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXV
2. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXVI
3. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXVII
4. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXVIII
5. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXIX
6. Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variation XXX
7. 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.