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Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation XXX Quodlibet a 1 Clavier
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 / 2023 Remastered
00:00 Aria
01:48 Variation 1 a 1 Clav.
02:38 Varition 2 a 1 Clav.
03:20 Variation 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all' Unisuono
04:27 Variation 4 a 1 Clav.
05:14 Variation 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
05:52 Variation 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda
06:22 Variation 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
07:32 Variation 8 a 2 Clav.
08:20 Variation 9 a 1 Clav.
09:03 Variation 10 a 1 Clav.
09:45 Variation 11 a 2 Clav.
10:44 Variation 12 Canone alla Quarta
11:43 Variation 13 a 2 Clav.
13:53 Variation 14 a 2 Clav.
14:52 Variation 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta. Andante
17:22 Variation 16 Ouverture a 1 Clav.
18:35 Variation 17 a 2 Clav.
19:28 Variation 18 - Canone alla Sesta a 1 Clav.
20:08 Variation 19 a 1 Clav.
20:54 Variation 20 a 2 Clav.
21:45 Variation 21 Canone alla Settima
23:09 Variation 22 Alla breve a 1 Clav.
23:52 Variation 23 a 2 Clav.
24:47 Variation 24 Canone all' Ottava a 1 Clav.
25:50 Variation 25 a 2 Clav.
30:07 Variation 26 a 2 Clav.
31:00 Variation 27 Canone alla Nona
31:54 Variation 28 a 2 Clav.
32:52 Variation 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
33:47 Variation 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
35:08 Aria da capo

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GOLDBERG, Johann Gottlieb (1727-1756) is a German harpsichordist. In Dresden, he was a pupil of W. Fr. and J.-S. Bach, who wrote the Goldberg Variations for him as a tribute to his pupil's exceptional talent. VARIATIONS GOLDBERG. The title given to Johann Sebastian Bach's 30 keyboard variations BWV 988, composed around 1741. The original title is ''Aria mit verschiedenen Veründerungen vors Clavicimbal mit 2 Manualen'' ("Aria with various variations for harpsichord with two manuals"). Their genesis has often been reported. Count von Keyserlingk, Russian ambassador to the Dresden court and Bach's patron, was suffering from insomnia. The composer and harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg played music to distract him. Bach was asked to write some gentle yet entertaining pieces for this service, and composed these variations on a sarabande theme. The Count was so pleased that he sent Bach a goblet filled with 100 gold louis. There may be some truth in this story, but we'll probably never know the last word on the origins of the Goldberg Variations. The work was published in 1742 as the fourth part of the Clavier-Übung (German for "keyboard practice").

The Goldberg Variations are a highlight of Bach's music, and one of his most seductive pieces for keyboard. The sarabande stated at the beginning as the theme of the variations reappears as it is at the end, as if the work were "in a loop", suggesting infinity. The key is G major (G minor for variations XV, XXI and XXV), and the overall structure very clear. The first group of three pieces consists of the theme and the first two variations. This is followed by nine groups of three pieces each, each consisting of a canon, a free or character variation, and a virtuoso variation (the canons being in unison, in the second, in the third, etc., up to the ninth), and finally a quodlibet (variation XXX) and a reprise of the theme.

Clearly, Bach took great pleasure in being alternately, or simultaneously, brilliant and learned, and in allowing his vitality to express itself with fewer detours than in other pieces. The Goldberg Variations were quickly made famous and adapted for the piano (by Liszt in particular), and it's highly likely that Beethoven thought of them when he wrote his Diabelli Variations.

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GOLDBERG, Johann Gottlieb (1727-1756) is a German harpsichordist. In Dresden, he was a pupil of W. Fr. and J.-S. Bach, who wrote the Goldberg Variations for him as a tribute to his pupil's exceptional talent. VARIATIONS GOLDBERG. The title given to Johann Sebastian Bach's 30 keyboard variations BWV 988, composed around 1741. The original title is ''Aria mit verschiedenen Veründerungen vors Clavicimbal mit 2 Manualen'' ("Aria with various variations for harpsichord with two manuals"). Their genesis has often been reported. Count von Keyserlingk, Russian ambassador to the Dresden court and Bach's patron, was suffering from insomnia. The composer and harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg played music to distract him. Bach was asked to write some gentle yet entertaining pieces for this service, and composed these variations on a sarabande theme. The Count was so pleased that he sent Bach a goblet filled with 100 gold louis. There may be some truth in this story, but we'll probably never know the last word on the origins of the Goldberg Variations. The work was published in 1742 as the fourth part of the Clavier-Übung (German for "keyboard practice").

The Goldberg Variations are a highlight of Bach's music, and one of his most seductive pieces for keyboard. The sarabande stated at the beginning as the theme of the variations reappears as it is at the end, as if the work were "in a loop", suggesting infinity. The key is G major (G minor for variations XV, XXI and XXV), and the overall structure very clear. The first group of three pieces consists of the theme and the first two variations. This is followed by nine groups of three pieces each, each consisting of a canon, a free or character variation, and a virtuoso variation (the canons being in unison, in the second, in the third, etc., up to the ninth), and finally a quodlibet (variation XXX) and a reprise of the theme.

Clearly, Bach took great pleasure in being alternately, or simultaneously, brilliant and learned, and in allowing his vitality to express itself with fewer detours than in other pieces. The Goldberg Variations were quickly made famous and adapted for the piano (by Liszt in particular), and it's highly likely that Beethoven thought of them when he wrote his Diabelli Variations.

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 / 2023 Remastered
00:00 Aria
01:48 Variation 1 a 1 Clav.
02:38 Varition 2 a 1 Clav.
03:20 Variation 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all' Unisuono
04:27 Variation 4 a 1 Clav.
05:14 Variation 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
05:52 Variation 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda
06:22 Variation 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
07:32 Variation 8 a 2 Clav.
08:20 Variation 9 a 1 Clav.
09:03 Variation 10 a 1 Clav.
09:45 Variation 11 a 2 Clav.
10:44 Variation 12 Canone alla Quarta
11:43 Variation 13 a 2 Clav.
13:53 Variation 14 a 2 Clav.
14:52 Variation 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta. Andante
17:22 Variation 16 Ouverture a 1 Clav.
18:35 Variation 17 a 2 Clav.
19:28 Variation 18 - Canone alla Sesta a 1 Clav.
20:08 Variation 19 a 1 Clav.
20:54 Variation 20 a 2 Clav.
21:45 Variation 21 Canone alla Settima
23:09 Variation 22 Alla breve a 1 Clav.
23:52 Variation 23 a 2 Clav.
24:47 Variation 24 Canone all' Ottava a 1 Clav.
25:50 Variation 25 a 2 Clav.
30:07 Variation 26 a 2 Clav.
31:00 Variation 27 Canone alla Nona
31:54 Variation 28 a 2 Clav.
32:52 Variation 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
33:47 Variation 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
35:08 Aria da capo

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Live recording in 1959
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GOLDBERG, Johann Gottlieb (1727-1756) is a German harpsichordist. In Dresden, he was a pupil of W. Fr. and J.-S. Bach, who wrote the Goldberg Variations for him as a tribute to his pupil's exceptional talent. VARIATIONS GOLDBERG. The title given to Johann Sebastian Bach's 30 keyboard variations BWV 988, composed around 1741. The original title is ''Aria mit verschiedenen Veründerungen vors Clavicimbal mit 2 Manualen'' ("Aria with various variations for harpsichord with two manuals"). Their genesis has often been reported. Count von Keyserlingk, Russian ambassador to the Dresden court and Bach's patron, was suffering from insomnia. The composer and harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg played music to distract him. Bach was asked to write some gentle yet entertaining pieces for this service, and composed these variations on a sarabande theme. The Count was so pleased that he sent Bach a goblet filled with 100 gold louis. There may be some truth in this story, but we'll probably never know the last word on the origins of the Goldberg Variations. The work was published in 1742 as the fourth part of the Clavier-Übung (German for "keyboard practice").

The Goldberg Variations are a highlight of Bach's music, and one of his most seductive pieces for keyboard. The sarabande stated at the beginning as the theme of the variations reappears as it is at the end, as if the work were "in a loop", suggesting infinity. The key is G major (G minor for variations XV, XXI and XXV), and the overall structure very clear. The first group of three pieces consists of the theme and the first two variations. This is followed by nine groups of three pieces each, each consisting of a canon, a free or character variation, and a virtuoso variation (the canons being in unison, in the second, in the third, etc., up to the ninth), and finally a quodlibet (variation XXX) and a reprise of the theme.

Clearly, Bach took great pleasure in being alternately, or simultaneously, brilliant and learned, and in allowing his vitality to express itself with fewer detours than in other pieces. The Goldberg Variations were quickly made famous and adapted for the piano (by Liszt in particular), and it's highly likely that Beethoven thought of them when he wrote his Diabelli Variations.

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En ce qui me concerne, Glenn Gould est l'interprète de Bach par excellence sur piano! Merci beaucoup et meilleures salutations de Montréal, Qc, Canada

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GOLDBERG, Johann Gottlieb (1727-1756) is a German harpsichordist. In Dresden, he was a pupil of W. Fr. and J.-S. Bach, who wrote the Goldberg Variations for him as a tribute to his pupil's exceptional talent. VARIATIONS GOLDBERG. The title given to Johann Sebastian Bach's 30 keyboard variations BWV 988, composed around 1741. The original title is ''Aria mit verschiedenen Veründerungen vors Clavicimbal mit 2 Manualen'' ("Aria with various variations for harpsichord with two manuals"). Their genesis has often been reported. Count von Keyserlingk, Russian ambassador to the Dresden court and Bach's patron, was suffering from insomnia. The composer and harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg played music to distract him. Bach was asked to write some gentle yet entertaining pieces for this service, and composed these variations on a sarabande theme. The Count was so pleased that he sent Bach a goblet filled with 100 gold louis. There may be some truth in this story, but we'll probably never know the last word on the origins of the Goldberg Variations. The work was published in 1742 as the fourth part of the Clavier-Übung (German for "keyboard practice").

The Goldberg Variations are a highlight of Bach's music, and one of his most seductive pieces for keyboard. The sarabande stated at the beginning as the theme of the variations reappears as it is at the end, as if the work were "in a loop", suggesting infinity. The key is G major (G minor for variations XV, XXI and XXV), and the overall structure very clear. The first group of three pieces consists of the theme and the first two variations. This is followed by nine groups of three pieces each, each consisting of a canon, a free or character variation, and a virtuoso variation (the canons being in unison, in the second, in the third, etc., up to the ninth), and finally a quodlibet (variation XXX) and a reprise of the theme.

Clearly, Bach took great pleasure in being alternately, or simultaneously, brilliant and learned, and in allowing his vitality to express itself with fewer detours than in other pieces. The Goldberg Variations were quickly made famous and adapted for the piano (by Liszt in particular), and it's highly likely that Beethoven thought of them when he wrote his Diabelli Variations.

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@paolofrigeriomusic3691

You know, when one ask you.... you have a time machine but damn...you can use it once... tell me the place and time you would reach... well Salzburg august 25 1959 in the morning let's say ... just for buy tickets and run in the concert hall, first raw ...... and wait for a few hours in the perfect place ....so you can see very closely the chair and ear HIS foot tapping the stage and HIS voices and humming..... and finally during the final claps scream to him... love you Glenn, Paolo from Italy 2024...you're still alive .... Can you image his reaction ? May be a very strange look to that poor fool guy dressed like a fool :-)

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E quanti posti ha questa macchina del tempo?...

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