J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV988 Marcin Swiatkiewicz

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Goldberg Variations, BWV 988:
• 1 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria 04:24
• 2 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 1. a 1 Clav. 02:14
• 3 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 2. a 1 Clav. 01:49
• 4 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisono. a 1 Clav. 02:23
• 5 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 4. a 1 Clav. 01:02
• 6 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 5. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 01:53
• 7 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav. 00:59
• 8 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 7. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. al tempo di Giga 01:41
• 9 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 8. a 2 Clav. 02:09
• 10 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav. 02:02
• 11 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav. 01:40
• 12 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 11. a 2 Clav. 01:56
• 13 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 12. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta in moto contrario 03:12
• 14 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 13. a 2 Clav. 05:31
• 15 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 14. a 2 Clav. 02:12
• 16 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav. Andante 04:07
• 17 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav. 02:41
• 18 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 17. a 2 Clav. 02:29
• 19 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 18. Canone alla Sesta. a 1 Clav. 01:22
• 20 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 19. a 1 Clav. 00:55
• 21 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 20. a 2 Clav. 02:14
• 22 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima 03:45
• 23 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 22. a 1 Clav. alla breve 01:20
• 24 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 23. a 2 Clav. 02:13
• 25 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav. 02:19
• 26 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 25. a 2 Clav. Adagio 06:56
• 27 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 26. a 2 Clav. 02:26
• 28 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav. 02:01
• 29 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 28. a 2 Clav. 02:31
• 30 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 29. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 02:01
• 31 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 30. a 1 Clav. Quodlibet 01:51
• 32 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da Capo 04:46
• Total Runtime 01:21:04

Info for J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV988

I decided to cultivate the tradition of recording Goldberg Variations. This 20th-century ritual resulted in hundreds or thousands of interpretations performed on various instruments and recorded on various labels. Believers collect recordings of this lengthy masterpiece. There are legends about the sleepless nights of the count and about the genius of an adolescent Gdańsk man, and the Orthodox spend creative hours of gray twilight seeking the final argument for the superiority of the First Record of the Canadian over the Second, or vice versa.

Marcin Swiatkiewicz, piano

Marcin Świątkiewicz
s one of the foremost Polish harpsichord players of the young generation, appreciated equally for his solo and chamber music repertoire and known for his inventive basso continuo realisations.

He studied harpsichord and composition at the Royal Conservatory in Hague and in the Music Academy in Katowice, where he received his PhD in June 2014 and now works as a lecturer. He was a finalist of the International G. P. Telemann competition in Magdeburg in 2007 and the I A. Wołkoński International Harpsichord Competition in Mascow in 2010. He is mostly interested in historical keyboards and improvisation in both old and modern styles. He plays on different harpsichords and clavichords as well as historical pianos and organs. Świątkiewicz is an active teacher who mostly teaches solo playing and courses on improvisation based on the partimento method.

As a solo artist, chamber musician and band leader he's played concerts in Europe, both Americas and Asia, often collaborating with Rachel Podger and her ensemble Brecon Baroque, with Capella Cracoviensis, Arte dei Suonatori, {OH!} Historical Orchestra, Bassociation and Scroll Ensemble. His first solo recording Musikalisches Vielerley of German baroque music was published by Polish Radio Katowice in 2008. He made other solo and chamber recordings for BIS, Channel Classics, Accent,Alpha, Linn Records, DUX and radio stations all around Europe.

2015 year was a year of phonography for Marcin Świątkiewicz. In the spring, together with Arte di Suonatori orchestra, he released a double album with J.G. Müthel's harpsichord concerts, which was enthusiastically received by the critics and received the Diapason d'Or award. In autumn three more recordings had their premiere: Schaffrath's harpsichord concert and Schreyfogel's violin concerts, recorded with {oh!} Historical Orchestra (DUX), Biber's Rosary Sonatas with Rachel Podger, Jonathan Menson and David Miller (Channel Classics) and Telemann's Flute sonatas with Pamela Thorby, Peter Whelan, Elizabeth Kenny and Alison McGillivray.

In January 2016 the jury of Paszporty Polityki awarded Świątkiewicz their prize for his musical sensibility and erudition and his brilliant interpretations and versatility.

Booklet for J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV988