J.S. Bach*, Jean Guillou - The Goldberg Variations (CD, Album) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Notes:

Recorded on the Kleuker organ of Notre-Dame des Neiges, Alpe d'Huez, France.
Total Time: 53:56

"Clavier-Übung (keyboard exercise) consisting of an Aria with diverse variations for 2-manual harpsichord, dedicated to music-lovers to gladden their hearts, by J.S. Bach, composer to the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Kapellmeister and Civic Director of Music for Leipzig.   Edited by Balthasar Schmid at Nuremberg."   So runs the very modest title for a piece of harpsichord literature that can be described only as a work of towering complexity and of the most profound expressive grandeur.   Its richness derives on the one hand from its great number of rhythmic figures (only, perhaps with Stravinsky does such profusion again occur), and on the other hand from a composing style that makes use of almost all the possible canonic intervals and inversions.

. The Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 053479011022

Phonographic Copyright (p) Dorian Recordings
Copyright (c) Dorian Recordings
Recorded At Notre-Dame Des Neiges, L'Alpe D'Huez

Location : GRCDWB125