Bach: Goldberg Variations / Würtz

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Label
Piano Classics
Release Date
February 11, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Klára Würtz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 11, 2022
    • UPC
      5029365102308
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PCL10230
    • LABEL
      Piano Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Aria

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    2. Variatio 1. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    3. Variatio 2. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    4. Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisuono. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    5. Variatio 4. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    6. Variatio 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    7. Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    8. Variatio 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    9. Variatio 8. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    10. Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    11. Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    12. Variatio 11. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    13. Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    14. Variatio 13. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    15. Variatio 14. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    16. Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    17. Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    18. Variatio 17. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    19. Variatio 18. Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    20. Variatio 19. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    21. Variatio 20. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    22. Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    23. Variatio 22. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    24. Variatio 23. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    25. Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    26. Variatio 25. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    27. Variatio 26. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    28. Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    29. Variatio 28. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    30. Variatio 29. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    31. Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz

    32. Aria da capo

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Klára Würtz


Recipient of a 10/10 rating by Gramophone!

The touch and musicianship of the Hungarian pianist Klára Würtz is amply attested by a substantial catalogue of Brilliant Classics and Piano Classics albums stretching from Mozart to Bartók. Her latest recording turns to a pillar of the keyboard repertoire, the variation set composed by J.S. Bach in 1741 as the fourth and final volume of his compendious Clavier-Übung (Keyboard exercise) project.

Practical instruction, entertainment and profound expression went hand in hand for Bach: one artistic goal never obscured the others. However, few of his works attain all three goals with the sublime mastery of the Goldberg Variations. The prowess of the performer is tested and placed on show as much as the ingenuity of the creative imagination in Bach’s most comprehensive response to the variation genre. ‘Composed for connoisseurs, for the refreshment of their spirits’: the composer’s dedication and introduction makes the artistic intent of the Goldberg Variations plain. Every third variation in the series of 30 is a canon, following an ascending pattern. The variations that intervene between the canons are also arranged in a pattern, following an order of canon, genre piece (such as a minuet or gigue) and a more freely developed and ornate fantasia. The whole set is bookended by an aria in the style of a sarabande which already presents the theme in decorated form as a grave chaconne. The poised classicism of Klára Würtz’s pianism makes this new recording of the Goldbergs an album to be keenly anticipated by all pianophiles and lovers of Bach. She takes all the repeats, and plays with the full armory of the modern piano’s tonal capabilities.