BACH: Goldberg Variations; Canonic Variations - Pieter Dirksen, harpsichord & organ (2 CDs)

GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
CANONIC VARIATIONS
Composer(s):
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Artist(s):
Pieter Dirksen

Bach composed it for organ with both manuals and pedal being used throughout because of the work's chorale basis and its heightened contrapuntal complexity. All of the variations are canonic, bringing new life to a speciality of the North German School of which Matthias Weckman had been the leading exponent.

CD 1 - Goldberg Variations
Canonic variations
1 Aria 05:08
2 Variatio 1. a 1 Clav. 02:23
3 Variatio 2.a 1 Clav. 02:16
4 Variatio 3. Canone all Unisono. a 1 Clav. 02:29
5 Variatio 4. a 1 Clav. 01:19
6 Variatio 5. a 2 Clav. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 02:09
7 Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda a 1 Clav. 01:41
8 Variatio 7. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.-Al tempo di Giga 01:54
9 Variatio 8. a 2 Clav. 02:42
10 Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza a 1 Clav. 02:18
11 Variatio 10. Fugetta. a 1 Clav. 02:02
12 Variatio 11. a 2 Clav. 02:43
13 Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta 03:31
14 Variatio 13. a 2 Clav. 06:04
15 Variatio 14. a 2 Clav. 02:54
16 Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.-Andante 04:11

CD 2 - Goldberg Variations
Canonic variations
1 Variatio 16. a 1 Clav.-Ouverture 03:16
2 Variatio 17. a 2 Clav. 02:26
3 Variatio 18. Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav. 01:51
4 Variatio 19. a 1 Clav. 01:45
5 Variatio 20. a 2 Clav. 02:40
6 Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima 02:32
7 Variatio 22. a 1 Clav.-Allabreve 01:59
8 Variatio 23. a 2 Clav. 02:42
9 Variatio 24. Canone alla Ottava a 1 Clav. 03:23
10 Variatio 25. a 2 Clav.-Adagio 07:53
11 Variatio 26. a 2 Clav. 02:40
12 Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav. 02:05
13 Variatio 28. a 2 Clav. 03:13
14 Variatio 29. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 02:27
15 Variatio 30. a 1 Clav.-Quodibet 02:13
16 Aria da capo e Fine 03:02

17 Canon all'Ottaca (Canto fermo in Pedal) 01:38
18 Canon alla Quinta (Canto fermo in Pedal) 01:35
19 Canon fermo in Canone 03:34
20 Canon alla Settima: Cantabile (Canto fermo in Canto) 03:00
21 Canon per augmentationem (Canto fermo in Pedal) 04:46