The Art Of Transcription: J.S. Bach Arrangements For String Trio By Dmitry Sitkovetsky

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Dmitry Sitkovetsky
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Aria

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    2. Variation 1

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    3. Variation 2

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    4. Variation 3. Canone all'Unisuono

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    5. Variation 4

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    6. Variation 5

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    7. Variation 6. Canone alla Seconda

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    8. Variation 7. al tempo di Giga

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    9. Variation 8

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    10. Variation 9. Canone alla Terza

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    11. Variation 10. Fugetta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    12. Variation 11

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    13. Variation 12. Canone alla Quarta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    14. Variation 13

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    15. Variation 14

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    16. Variation 15. Canone alla Quinta. Andante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    17. Variation 16. Overture

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    18. Variation 17

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    19. Variation 18. Canone alla Sesta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    20. Variation 19

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    21. Variation 20

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    22. Variation 21. Canone alla Settima

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    23. Variation 22. Alla breve

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    24. Variation 23

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    25. Variation 24. Canone all'Ottava

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    26. Variation 25. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    27. Variation 26

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    28. Variation 27. Canone alla Nona

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    29. Variation 28

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    30. Variation 29

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    31. Variation 30 Quodlibet

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    32. Aria

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    33. Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major, BWV 787

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    34. Sinfonia No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 799

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    35. Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    36. Sinfonia No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 793

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    37. Sinfonia No. 3 in D Major, BWV 789

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    38. Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    39. Sinfonia No. 12 in A Major, BWV 798

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    40. Sinfonia No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 790

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    41. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    42. Sinfonia No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    43. Sinfonia No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 800

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    44. Sinfonia No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 788

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    45. Sinfonia No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 791

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    46. Sinfonia No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 795

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano

    47. Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, Luigi Piovano


When I first wrote my transcription of Bach’s Goldberg Variations for String Trio, in 1984, it was both a labour of love and an obsession with the 1981 Glenn Gould recording. For two months I probably had the time of my life, musically speaking, being in the constant company of Johann Sebastian Bach and Glenn Gould.

Generally, at that time, transcriptions were out of fashion and I recall that my own colleagues and managers were sceptical about such an audacious idea.

Since then my transcriptions have been played all over the world, and moreover they have opened the floodgates of new interpretive possibilities for the piece which have included solo harp, wind instruments of all kinds, saxophone quartets, Renaissance viols and even a fascinating concoction of Uri Caine, among many others.

By the time 2009 arrived I felt that this was the right moment to re-visit and somewhat re-examine my original transcription. It was 25 years after the piece was first transcribed, I had performed it many times and heard different adaptations of it, so I felt the need to return to a simpler version with hardly any repeats at all.

I have made some changes in orchestration, probably influenced by my String Orchestra transcription of 1992, but most of all I tried to inject some fresh, youthful energy to propel the piece from the beginning to end. As a result there was still room left for my old/new friends, 15 Sinfonias, which have always been in my mind to be played and recorded, and this was a welcome bonus for me and my talented young colleagues, Yuri Zhislin and Luigi Piovano.

I hope listeners will share in my life-long journey through the Goldberg Variations and my love of the music, indeed in the very first publication of the Variations, in 1742, J. S. Bach states that the spirit of the piece is “for the enjoyment of music lovers”.

-- Dmitry Sitkovetsky