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Bach: Goldberg Variations; Italian Concerto; Aria variata; Overture in the French Style

Bach: Goldberg Variations; Italian Concerto; Aria variata; Overture in the French Style
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Disc 1:

  1. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Aria
  2. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 1
  3. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 2
  4. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 3 (Canone all’ unisono)
  5. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 4
  6. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 5
  7. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 6 (Canone alla seconda)
  8. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 7 (Al tempo di giga)
  9. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 8
  10. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 9 (Canone alla terza)
  11. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 10 (Fughetta)
  12. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 11
  13. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 12 (Canone alla quarta)
  14. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 13
  15. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 14
  16. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 15 (Canone alla quinta: Andante)
  17. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 16 (Overture)
  18. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 17
  19. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 18 (Canone all sesta)
  20. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 19
  21. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 20 (Canone all settima)
  22. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 21
  23. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 22 (Alla breve)
  24. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 23 (Al tempo di giga)
  25. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 24 (Canone all'ottava)
  26. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 25 (Adagio)

Disc 2:

  1. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 26
  2. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 27 (Canone all nona)
  3. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variation 28
  4. Aria variata, for keyboard in A minor ('In the Italian Style'), BWV 989 (BC L179): Thema
  5. Aria variata, for keyboard in A minor ('In the Italian Style'), BWV 989 (BC L179): Variation 1 (Largo)
  6. Aria variata, for keyboard in A minor ('In the Italian Style'), BWV 989 (BC L179): Variation 2
  7. Aria variata, for keyboard in A minor ('In the Italian Style'), BWV 989 (BC L179): Variation 3
  8. Aria variata, for keyboard in A minor ('In the Italian Style'), BWV 989 (BC L179): Variation 4 (Allegro)
  9. Aria variata, for keyboard in A minor ('In the Italian Style'), BWV 989 (BC L179): Variation 5 (Un poco allegro)
  10. Aria variata, for keyboard in A minor ('In the Italian Style'), BWV 989 (BC L179): Variation 6 (Andante)
  11. Aria variata, for keyboard in A minor ('In the Italian Style'), BWV 989 (BC L179): Variation 7 (Un poco allegro)
  12. Aria variata, for keyboard in A minor ('In the Italian Style'), BWV 989 (BC L179): Variation 8 (Allegro)
  13. Aria variata, for keyboard in A minor ('In the Italian Style'), BWV 989 (BC L179): Variation 9
  14. Aria variata, for keyboard in A minor ('In the Italian Style'), BWV 989 (BC L179): Variation 10
  15. Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major (Clavier-Übung II/1), BWV 971 (BC L7): 1. [Allegro]
  16. Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major (Clavier-Übung II/1), BWV 971 (BC L7): 2. Andante
  17. Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major (Clavier-Übung II/1), BWV 971 (BC L7): 3. Presto
  18. Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831: 1. Overture
  19. Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831: 2. Courante
  20. Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831: 3. Gavotte 1 & 2
  21. Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831: 4. Passepied 1 & 2
  22. Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831: 5. Sarabande
  23. Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831: 6. Bourée 1 & 2
  24. Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831: 7. Gigue
  25. Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831: 8. Echo

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #404766 in Music
  • Released on: 2008-01-01
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Dimensions: .25 pounds

Customer Reviews

A Scandalous Remastering Job1
This is a horribly egregious example of the current remastering style. In their efforts to reduce inherent tape hiss (obviously the devil incarnate) the entire upper frequency range of recorded music is being removed. Tureck's piano here sounds as if it is being played underwater.

This recording of the Goldberg Variations was made at Abbey Road Studios in 1957. Although EMI lagged behind Decca and DG in the introduction of stereo, it was a full-frequency range recording made on magnetic tape.

These CDs were analyzed by computer frequency spectrum software and indicated no sound above 4k. Since humans hear up to 20K and full frequency recording captured such, we are simply not being given a great deal of the recorded music.

This is a historically important recording. If this is how EMI is presenting and preserving such material, they have a great deal to answer for.