Goldberg Variations (Arr. Robin O'neill) (Hybr) [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

Goldberg Variations (Arr. Robin O'neill) (Hybr) [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

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Bach's music has always attracted arrangers and orchestrators - such as Stokowski, Elgar and Busoni, to name just three. Regardless of it's original version, Bach's music has an expressive power, drama and architectural logic that lend themselves well to expanded orchestral sonorities. Bassoonist and conductor Robin O'Neill buried his head in the Goldberg Variations, which he had discovered through Glenn Gould's recordings, during the first months of the Covid lockdown. Soon after that, the idea of making an arrangement for orchestra began to obsess him as he began hearing instrumental and orchestral sonorities in the keyboard work. Since the main challenge was to reclothe the music without damaging the subtle intricacy of the piece, and after much thought and experimentation, O'Neill chose instruments that Bach himself would have recognized for the solo parts. His reinterpretation of the Goldberg Variations offers a mixture of full orchestral variations interspersed with concertante ones involving two, three or four solo instruments, at times close to St Matthew Passion-style writing.Completed during a difficult period, this arrangement was made, in the words of O'Neill, in the hope that it expresses the joy and solace that Bach's music gives both performer and listener.

Tracklist:

  1. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Aria
  2. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 1
  3. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 2
  4. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation
  5. Canone all' Unisuono
  6. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 4
  7. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 5
  8. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation
  9. Canone alla Seconda
  10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation
  11. Al tempo di Giga
  12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 8
  13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation
  14. Canone alla Terza
  15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 1
  16. Fughetta
  17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 11
  18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 1
  19. Canone alla Quarta in moto contrario
  20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 13
  21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 14
  22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 1
  23. Canone alla Quinta: Andante
  24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 1
  25. Ouverture
  26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 17
  27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 1
  28. Canone alla Sesta
  29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 19
  30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 20
  31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 2
  32. Canone alla Settima
  33. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 2
  34. Alla breve
  35. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 23
  36. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 2
  37. Canone all' Ottava
  38. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 2
  39. Adagio
  40. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 26
  41. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 2
  42. Canone alla Nona
  43. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 28
  44. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 29
  45. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Variation 3
  46. Quodlibet
  47. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Aria da Capo al Fine

UPC: 7318599926582
Label: Bis
Release Date: 10.18.24
Format: CD

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