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concert Sir András Schiff plays Bach's Goldberg Variations A Baroque masterpiece performed by a legendary Bach interpreter

A Baroque masterpiece performed by a legendary Bach interpreter

Sir András Schiff plays Bach's Goldberg Variations A Baroque masterpiece performed by a legendary Bach interpreter

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In 1990, producer Janos Darvas recorded this recital of the Goldberg Variations performed by the legendary pianist Sir András Schiff. Three decades later, Bach’s music has never left Schiff who practices the composer’s fugues for at least an hour a day. For him “there is a great liberty in performing in Bach’s music, a lot more than with other composers”.

In 1741 the Goldberg Variations were published for “amateurs and the practice of spirituality”, but they are above all a testament to the art of fugue. According to musicologist Patrick Szersnovicz “they are a large, playful collection, of rare contrapuntal density”.

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Program

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
    • Aria
    • Variation 1
    • Variation 2
    • Variation 3 – Canone all'unisuono
    • Variation 4
    • Variation 5
    • Variation 6 – Canone alla seconda
    • Variation 7 – Al tempo di giga
    • Variation 8
    • Variation 9 – Canone alla terza
    • Variation 10 – Fughetta
    • Variation 11
    • Variation 12 – Canone alla quarta
    • Variation 13
    • Variation 14
    • Variation 15 – Canone alla quinta : Andante
    • Variation 16 – Overture
    • Variation 17
    • Variation 18 – Canone alla sesta
    • Variation 19
    • Variation 20
    • Variation 21 – Canone alla settima
    • Variation 22 – Alla breve
    • Variation 23
    • Variation 24 – Canone all'ottava
    • Variation 25 – Adagio
    • Variation 26
    • Variation 27 – Canone alla none
    • Variation 28
    • Variation 29
    • Variation 30 – Quodlibet
    • Aria da capo

Details

  • Directed by:
    • János Darvas
  • Production date: 1990
  • Duration: 1 h 20 min
  • Production: © Metropolitan Munich
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