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Bach: Goldberg Variations / Canadian Brass

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Details

Composer
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
Artist
Canadian Brass
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Jan 11, 2000
Catalog #
09026636102
UPC
090266361021

About

Non-keyboardists increasingly lay claim to Bach's Goldberg Variations on disc, from string trios and cimbalom duos, to guitar renditions and synthesizer blowouts. The challenge to both performers and arrangers is to render Bach's keyboard-specific textures with results that are technically plausible and musically convincing. A brass quintet arrangement by Arthur Frackenpohl, newly recorded by the Canadian Brass, succeeds on both counts--for the most part. The slower variations acquire an attractive ceremonial dimension in this medium, benefiting from a brass player's ability to change dynamics on a single note (which of course you can't do on piano or harpsichord). I also like how the double keyboard cross-handed variations are deployed to splendid antiphonal effect although the neccesarily slower tempos weaken Bach's original bravura intentions. Repeats are observed in each half of the opening Aria and a few select "A" sections elsewhere. "A" and "B" section da capos are respectively assigned to higher and lower instruments. The Canadian Brass achieve a blend that's akin to the dark smoothness of aged Scotch whisky, purring out rounded legato lines in which no breath seems to transpire. An electric blanket of resonance reinforces the ensemble's slick perfectionism, which probably will appeal more to brass fanciers than Bach lovers.

--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 32 tracks

  1. 1 Aria 03:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    Aria
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  2. 2 Variatio 1. a 1 Clav. 01:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    Variatio 1. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  3. 3 Variatio 2. a 1 Clav. 01:06
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variatio 2. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  4. 4 Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisuono a 1 Clav. 01:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisuono a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  5. 5 Variatio 4. a 1 Clav. 01:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variatio 4. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  6. 6 Variatio 5. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 01:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variatio 5. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  7. 7 Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav. 00:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  8. 8 Variatio 7. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 02:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variatio 7. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  9. 9 Variatio 8. a 2 Clav. 01:11
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variatio 8. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  10. 10 Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav. 02:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  11. 11 Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav. 00:48
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  12. 12 Variatio 11. a 2 Clav. 01:08
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variatio 11. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  13. 13 Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav. 01:12
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  14. 14 Variatio 13. a 2 Clav. 02:52
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variatio 13. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  15. 15 Variatio 14. a 2 Clav. 01:16
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variatio 14. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  16. 16 Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav. 02:19
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  17. 17 Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav. 01:40
    Track
    17
    Title
    Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  18. 18 Variatio 17. a 2 Clav. 01:19
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variatio 17. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  19. 19 Variatio 18. Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav. 01:41
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variatio 18. Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  20. 20 Variatio 19. a 1 Clav. 00:47
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variatio 19. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  21. 21 Variatio 20. a 2 Clav. 01:21
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variatio 20. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  22. 22 Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav. 01:28
    Track
    22
    Title
    Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  23. 23 Variatio 22. a 1 Clav. 01:27
    Track
    23
    Title
    Variatio 22. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  24. 24 Variatio 23. a 2 Clav 01:16
    Track
    24
    Title
    Variatio 23. a 2 Clav
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  25. 25 Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav. 01:26
    Track
    25
    Title
    Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  26. 26 Variatio 25. a 2 Clav. 03:54
    Track
    26
    Title
    Variatio 25. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  27. 27 Variatio 26. a 2 Clav. 01:15
    Track
    27
    Title
    Variatio 26. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  28. 28 Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav. 01:05
    Track
    28
    Title
    Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  29. 29 Variatio 28. a 2 Clav. 01:20
    Track
    29
    Title
    Variatio 28. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  30. 30 Variatio 29. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 01:34
    Track
    30
    Title
    Variatio 29. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  31. 31 Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav. 01:14
    Track
    31
    Title
    Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass
  32. 32 Aria da capo 02:08
    Track
    32
    Title
    Aria da capo
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Canadian Brass