tracks

Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Aria
Variatio 1 A 1 Clav.
Variatio 2 A 1 Clav.
Variatio 3 A 1 Clav. Canone All'Unisono
Variatio 4 A 1 Clav.
Variatio 5 A 1 Ovvero 2 Clav.
Variatio 6 A 1 Clav. Canone Alla Seconda
Variatio 7 A 1 Ovvero 2 Clav. Al Tempo Di Giga
Variatio 8 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 9 A 1 Clav. Canone Alla Terza
Variatio 10 A 1 Clav. Fughetta
Variatio 11 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 12 A 1 Clav. Canone Alla Quarta
Variatio 13 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 14 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 15 A 1 Clav. Canone Alla Quinta. Andante
Variatio 16 A 1 Clav. Ouverture
Variatio 17 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 18 A 1 Clav. Canone Alla Sesta
Variatio 19 A 1 Clav.
Variatio 20 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 21 A 1 Clav. Canone Alla Settima
Variatio 22 A 1 Clav. Alla Breve
Variatio 23 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 24 A 1 Clav. Canone All'Ottava
Variatio 25 A 2 Clav. Adagio
Variatio 26 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 27 A 2 Clav. Canone Alla Nona
Variatio 28 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 29 A 1 Ovvero 2 Clav.
Variatio 30 A 1 Clav. Quodlibet
Aria Da Capo

notes

Instrument by Huw Saunders, London, 2013, after a double-manual instrument by Johann Heinrich Harraß of Großbreitenbach, Thuringia, c.1710
Pitch: a’ = 415 Hz

A co-production with Deutschlandfunk
Recording: Cologne, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, 4/2016

Project Manager: Anna-Lena Rodewald
Project Coordinator: Malene Hill

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© 2016 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Translations of Forkel quotes taken from The New Bach Reader, edited by Hans T. David and Arthur Mendel,
rev. Christoph Wolff, W. W. Norton & Co., 1998 · Gilles Cantagrel, Bach en son temps, Paris, Fayard, 1997
(translation by Félix Grenier)

Suits designed by Cian McAuliffe for Beggars Run, London · Glasses by Warby Parker
Cover and Artist Photos © Bernhard Musil
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credits

Booklet Editor – Eva Zöllner
Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
Engineer [Recording] – Michael Morawietz
Executive-Producer – Maider Múgica
Executive-Producer [Deutsche Grammophon] – Angelika Meissner
Executive-Producer [Deutschlandfunk] – Christiane Lehnigk
Harpsichord – Mahan Esfahani
Producer – Christoph Claßen
Technician [Harpsichord] – Simon Neal,

companies

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Copyright (c) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Made By – EDC, Germany – 53985263
Recorded At – Deutschlandfunk Sendesaal

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