Bach: Goldberg Variations

Daniel Barenboim

CD1

  1. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : I Aria
  2. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : II Variation 1 
  3. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : III Variation 2 
  4. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : IV Variation 3 - Canone all'unisono 
  5. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : V Variation 4
  6. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : VI Variation 5
  7. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : VII Variation 6 - Canone alla seconda 
  8. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : VIII Variation 7 - Al tempo di giga
  9. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : IX Variation 8
  10. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : X Variation 9 - Canone alla terza
  11. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XI Variation 10 - Fugetta
  12. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XII Variation 11 
  13. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XIII Variation 12 - Canone alla quarta
  14. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XIV Variation 13
  15. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XV Variation 14
  16. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XVI Variation 15 - Canone alla quinta
  17. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XVII Variation 16 - Overture
  18. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XVIII Variation 17
  19. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XIX Variation 18 - Canone alla sexta
  20. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XX Variation 19
  21. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXI Variation 20
  22. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXII Variation 21 - Canone alla settima
  23. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXIII Variation 22 - Alla breve
  24. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXIV Variation 23
  25. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXV Variation 24 - Canone all'ottava
  26. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXVI Variation 25 - Adagio
  27. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXVII Variation 26
  28. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXVIII Variation 27 - Canone alla nona
  29. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXIX Variation 28
  30. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXX Variation 29
  31. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXXI Variation 30
  32. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXXII Aria da capo

CD2

  1. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XVII Variation 16 - Overture
  2. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XVIII Variation 17
  3. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XIX Variation 18 - Canone alla sexta
  4. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XX Variation 19
  5. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXI Variation 20 
  6. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXII Variation 21 - Canone alla settima
  7. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXIII Variation 22 - Alla breve
  8. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXIV Variation 23 
  9. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXV Variation 24 - Canone all'ottava
  10. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXVI Variation 25 - Adagio
  11. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXVII Variation 26
  12. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXVIII Variation 27 - Canone alla nona
  13. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXIX Variation 28
  14. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXX Variation 29 
  15. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXXI Variation 30
  16. Goldberg Variations BWV988 : XXXII Aria da capo

 

Daniel Barenboim has written that: “If one wishes to play Bach on the piano, the piano must be used like an orchestra,” and suggests that different moments in the Goldberg Variations should evoke a trumpet, a harpsichord or even a human voice. This live recording was made in Barenboim’s native Buenos Aires at the magnificent Teatro Colón, where “one can play for more than 3,000 people, yet feel the intimate surroundings of a small room.”

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