JS Bach - Goldberg Variations | Perfect Noise PN1601

JS Bach - Goldberg Variations

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Label: Perfect Noise

Cat No: PN1601

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 25th November 2016

Contents

Artists

Alexander Puliaev (harpsichord)

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Artists

Alexander Puliaev (harpsichord)

About

The variation cycle is without a doubt one of the most important works of keyboard instrument literature, played time and again, both in the original version and in miscellaneous adaptations and instrumentations. Framed by the unforgettably beautiful Aria in a form similar to a sarabande, the 30 variations are bound by the bass framework and divided in two larger parts. A French overture marks the beginning of the second part. Every third variation, composed as an interval canon and in which the parts begin in an ever-increasing interval, additionally subdivides the work into ten groups of three. This wonderful work with its plethora of possible structures and symbols concealed in numbers has kept generations of musicians and musicologists busy and will probably continue to do so for a long time to come. The best thing to do is to lean back, leave the task of hitting the right key at the right time to the musicians and let the music speak for itself! Or, as Albert Einstein once said: “What I have to say about Bach’s life work: Listen, perform, love and adore it! And shut up!”

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