Goldberg Variations - 12.4.2010 Recital
© Copyright - Samuel Post / Samuel Post (884502962543)
The complete Bach Goldberg Variations on piano, live in-concert Dec 4, 2010 (Evanston, IL)
Genre: Classical: Bach
Release Date: 2011
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1. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988,1. Aria
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2:45
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2. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 2. Var. 1 & 2
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2:50
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3. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 3. Var. 3
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2:01
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4. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 4. Var. 4
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0:47
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5. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 5. Var. 5
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6. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 6. Var. 6
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7. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 7. Var. 7
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1:31
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8. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 8. Var. 8
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9. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 9. Var. 9
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10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 10. Var. 10
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11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 11. Var. 11
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12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 12. Var. 12
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13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 13. Var. 13
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14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 14. Var. 14
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15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 15. Var. 15
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16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 16. Var. 16
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17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 17. Var. 17
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18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 18. Var. 18
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19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 19. Var. 19
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20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 20. Var. 20
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21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 21. Var. 21
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22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 22. Var. 22
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23. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 23. Var. 23
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24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 24. Var. 24
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25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 25. Var. 25
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26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 26. Var. 26
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27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 27. Var. 27
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28. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 28. Var. 28
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29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 29. Var. 29
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30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 30. Var. 30, Quodlibet
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31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 31. Aria da Capo
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32. Partita No. 1, BWV 825, 4. Sarabande
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One simple "air," thirty variations on the 32-note bass theme of the air, and then a reprise. Every third variation (No. 3, no. 6, no. 9, etc.) a canon (with multiple repeating voices); each canon using an increasing interval in which to introduce the repeating voices (i.e., the first canon, Var. 3, is at the unison, with voices entering at the same pitch; the second canon, Var. 6, is a canon at the 2d, with the repeating voices entering one whole tone higher than the introductory theme; the third canon, Var. 9, is a canon at the 3d, and so on). The final variation (Var. 30) is the most remarkable of all, a "quodlibet" blending a number of then-current popular songs with, as always, the underlying bass theme. And it all sounds sublimely beautiful. One of the truly remarkable achievements in all of Western art.
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He played real good for free ...
Pardon me for borrowing a Joni Mitchell song title for the title of my review.
The recording is good, technically. A live performance, the ambience of the room acoustics are captured nicely. There are some occasional differences in the levels from one variation to the next; obvious stop-start pauses in the mastering. It's not much of a distraction, it's just there. The 3-star rating is because I'm neutral about the performance. There are a few scattered, apparent note blunders, and some spots of uneven tempo which sound more like uncertainty than rubato. Just my opinion. (I don't play, and criticism of someone who can is ... uh ... blasphemous. I'm like a baseball umpire; just call 'em like I see 'em.) If you do not own a copy of the Goldberg Variations, and/or you don't have a library card, you owe it to yourself to download this and give it a listen. (Even my county library in a town of 6400 had this when I was growing up, so if your library doen't have a recording of Bach's Goldberg, that's appalling. Pardon the stray editorial.)
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