Bach, Sitkovetsky: Goldberg Variations Britten Sinfonia & Thomas Gould

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1741) (transcribed for string orchestra by DMITRY SITKOVETSKY (b. 1954))
• 1 Aria 03:33
• 2 Variation 1 01:51
• 3 Variation 2 01:24
• 4 Variation 3, Canone all' Unisono 02:09
• 5 Variation 4 01:00
• 6 Variation 5 01:26
• 7 Variation 6, Canone alla seconda 01:10
• 8 Variation 7, al Tempo di Giga 02:18
• 9 Variation 8 01:52
• 10 Variation 9, Canone alla Terza 01:28
• 11 Variation 10, Fugetta 01:28
• 12 Variation 11 02:01
• 13 Variation 12, Canone alla Quarta 01:54
• 14 Variation 13 03:41
• 15 Variation 14 02:06
• 16 Variation 15, Canone alla Quinta 04:31
• 17 Variation 16, Ouverture 02:54
• 18 Variation 17 02:07
• 19 Variation 18, Canone alla sesta 01:24
• 20 Variation 19 01:57
• 21 Variation 20 02:05
• 22 Variation 21, Canone alla settima 02:54
• 23 Variation 22 01:15
• 24 Variation 23 01:53
• 25 Variation 24, Canone all' ottava 02:33
• 26 Variation 25, Adagio 05:50
• 27 Variation 26 02:02
• 28 Variation 27, Canone alla nona 01:58
• 29 Variation 28 02:10
• 30 Variation 29 02:11
• 31 Variation 30, Quodlibet 01:38
• 32 Aria 03:51
• Total Runtime 01:12:34

Info for Bach, Sitkovetsky: Goldberg Variations

On this recording, the Britten Sinfonia's Associate Leader Thomas Gould directs the ensemble in Dmitry Sitkovetsky's beautifully realized and heartfelt arrangement for strings of Bach's great keyboard work, The Goldberg Variations. Sitkovetsky penned the transcription in 1985 to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Bach's birth. It was inspired by Glenn Gould's remarkable 1981 recording of the work, and the transcription is dedicated to Gould's memory.

Britten Sinfonia
Thomas Gould, violin, director

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