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Bach: Goldberg Variations / Würtz
Piano Classics

Bach: Goldberg Variations / Würtz

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Details

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist
Klára Würtz
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
Feb 11, 2022
Catalog #
PCL10230
UPC
5029365102308

About

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.

 

Tracklist 32 tracks

  1. 1 Aria 04:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    Aria
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  2. 2 Variatio 1. a 1 Clav. 01:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    Variatio 1. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  3. 3 Variatio 2. a 1 Clav. 01:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variatio 2. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  4. 4 Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisuono. a 1 Clav. 01:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisuono. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  5. 5 Variatio 4. a 1 Clav. 01:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variatio 4. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  6. 6 Variatio 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. 01:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variatio 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  7. 7 Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav. 01:13
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  8. 8 Variatio 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. 01:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variatio 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  9. 9 Variatio 8. a 2 Clav. 01:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variatio 8. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  10. 10 Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav. 01:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  11. 11 Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav. 01:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  12. 12 Variatio 11. a 2 Clav. 02:06
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variatio 11. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  13. 13 Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav. 02:23
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  14. 14 Variatio 13. a 2 Clav. 05:19
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variatio 13. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  15. 15 Variatio 14. a 2 Clav. 02:06
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variatio 14. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  16. 16 Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav. 04:09
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  17. 17 Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav. 02:47
    Track
    17
    Title
    Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  18. 18 Variatio 17. a 2 Clav. 02:00
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variatio 17. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  19. 19 Variatio 18. Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav. 01:30
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variatio 18. Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  20. 20 Variatio 19. a 1 Clav. 01:45
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variatio 19. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  21. 21 Variatio 20. a 2 Clav. 01:54
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variatio 20. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  22. 22 Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav. 02:42
    Track
    22
    Title
    Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  23. 23 Variatio 22. a 1 Clav. 01:26
    Track
    23
    Title
    Variatio 22. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  24. 24 Variatio 23. a 2 Clav. 02:04
    Track
    24
    Title
    Variatio 23. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  25. 25 Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav. 02:45
    Track
    25
    Title
    Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  26. 26 Variatio 25. a 2 Clav. 07:59
    Track
    26
    Title
    Variatio 25. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  27. 27 Variatio 26. a 2 Clav. 02:02
    Track
    27
    Title
    Variatio 26. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  28. 28 Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav. 01:50
    Track
    28
    Title
    Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  29. 29 Variatio 28. a 2 Clav. 02:19
    Track
    29
    Title
    Variatio 28. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  30. 30 Variatio 29. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. 02:04
    Track
    30
    Title
    Variatio 29. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  31. 31 Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav. 02:02
    Track
    31
    Title
    Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz
  32. 32 Aria da capo 04:15
    Track
    32
    Title
    Aria da capo
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Klára Würtz