Artist: Jean Rondeau
Title: Bach: Goldberg Variations
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: 16bit FLAC tracks
Total Time: 01:46:13

Tracklist:

1. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria (5:29)
2. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation I (2:14)
3. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation II (1:47)
4. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation III. Canone all'unisono (2:24)
5. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation IV (1:39)
6. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation V (2:08)
7. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VI. Canone alla seconda (1:49)
8. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VII. Al tempo di giga (1:53)
9. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VIII (3:52)
10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation IX. Canone alla terza (2:36)
11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation X. Fughetta (2:10)
12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XI (2:21)
13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XII. Canone alla quarta (4:16)
14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIII (7:59)
15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIV (2:38)
16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XV. Canone alla quinta in moto contrario (6:14)
17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVI. Ouverture (3:34)
18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVII (3:51)
19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVIII. Canone alla sesta (1:26)
20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIX (1:37)
21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XX (2:47)
22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXI. Canone alla settima (3:17)
23. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXII (1:52)
24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIII (3:18)
25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIV. Canone all'ottava (3:24)
26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXV (10:11)
27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVI (2:43)
28. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVII. Canone alla nona (2:36)
29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVIII (2:20)
30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIX (2:38)
31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXX. Quodlibet (3:40)
32. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da capo (5:44)

“An ode to silence” is how harpsichordist Jean Rondeau has described Bach’s Goldberg Variations. “I feel they were written for silence, in the sense that they take the place of silence,” he says. “All Bach is there in the Goldberg Variations … all music is there ... and I will no doubt spend my life working on them.” To prepare his interpretation he consulted an original printed edition of the work, containing Bach’s own markings and corrections. “Through delving into this precious musicological source, I was able to make what I felt to be the most authentic choices.” Rondeau performs the set of variations in its complete form, with the indicated repeats and with judicious insertion of moments of silence.