Peter Tomasz - Tomasz Plays J.S. Bach, Vol. 1: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (2021)
BAND/ARTIST: Peter Tomasz
- Title: Tomasz Plays J.S. Bach, Vol. 1: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
- Year Of Release: 2021
- Label: MSR Classics
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:19:02
- Total Size: 225 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 1-Aria
02. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 2-Variation 1
03. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 3-Variation 2
04. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 4-Variation 3 (Canone all’Unisono)
05. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 5-Variation 4
06. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 6-Variation 5
07. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 7-Variation 6 (Canone in Seconda)
08. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 8-Variation 7
09. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 9-Variation 8
10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 10-Variation 9 (Canone in Terza)
11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 11-Variation 10 (Fughetta)
12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 12-Variation 11
13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 13-Variation 12 (Canone in Quarta)
14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 14-Variation 13
15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 15-Variation 14
16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 16-Variation 15 (Canone alla Quinta in moto contrario)
17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 17-Goldberg Variations (Ouverture)
18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 18-Variation 17
19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 19-Variation 18 (Canone in Sesta)
20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 20-Variation 19
21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 21-Variation 20
22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 22-Variation 21 (Canone in Settima)
23. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 23-Variation 22 (Alla breve)
24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 24-Variation 23
25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 26-Variation 24 (Canone all’Ottava)
26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 25
27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 27-Variation 26
28. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 29-Variation 27 (Canone in Nona)
29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 28
30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 30-Variation 29
31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 31-Variation 30 (Quodlibet)
32. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 32-Aria da Capo
In 1741, nine years prior to his death, the sixty-five year old Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Composer, Kapellmeister and Director Chori Musici in Leipzig, Johann Sebastian Bach, published his fourth and final series of Clavier-Übung (Keyboard Practice). Bach was very clear with his intentions in writing this monumental piece; he inscribed on the title page, “Prepared for the Souls’ Delight of Music Lovers.” Regarding the title, Goldberg Variations, there is some debate on its origin, as there is no dedicatory inscription on the score, which is customary with a commissioned work. This debate, however, is academic and has no musical implications on the work itself.
Johann Nikolaus Forkel, the first biographer of J.S. Bach, in his book “Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art and Work”, recalls a story told about the Goldberg Variations: “We owe them to Count Kaiserling, a former Russian Ambassador at the Saxon Electoral Court, who frequently visited Leipzig with Goldberg.” Johann Gottleib Goldberg was a young harpsichordist who was employed by the Count. During their visits to Leipzig, Goldberg would study with Bach. Count Kaiserling suffered from neuralgia, a painful disorder of the cranial nerves, and consequently experienced distressing insomnia. It was during these times he would have Goldberg play for him to pass the night. Forkel continued: “One day, the Count asked Bach to compose for Goldberg some Clavier music of a soothing and cheerful character, that would relieve the tedium of sleepless nights. For long afterwards, when he could not sleep, [the Count] would say, ‘Play me one of my Variations, Goldberg.” Thus, the name was created.
Although Bach composed the Goldberg Variations for a harpsichord with two manuals, having specified in the score which variations were for one or two manuals, the work can nonetheless be played on the one-manual piano. However, in addition to mastering the score, a great challenge that faces the pianist in playing the Goldberg Variations on piano is the choreography necessary to accommodate the numerous hand crossings and redistribution of notes, as the same note is often played in both hands.
01. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 1-Aria
02. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 2-Variation 1
03. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 3-Variation 2
04. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 4-Variation 3 (Canone all’Unisono)
05. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 5-Variation 4
06. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 6-Variation 5
07. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 7-Variation 6 (Canone in Seconda)
08. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 8-Variation 7
09. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 9-Variation 8
10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 10-Variation 9 (Canone in Terza)
11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 11-Variation 10 (Fughetta)
12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 12-Variation 11
13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 13-Variation 12 (Canone in Quarta)
14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 14-Variation 13
15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 15-Variation 14
16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 16-Variation 15 (Canone alla Quinta in moto contrario)
17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 17-Goldberg Variations (Ouverture)
18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 18-Variation 17
19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 19-Variation 18 (Canone in Sesta)
20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 20-Variation 19
21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 21-Variation 20
22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 22-Variation 21 (Canone in Settima)
23. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 23-Variation 22 (Alla breve)
24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 24-Variation 23
25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 26-Variation 24 (Canone all’Ottava)
26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 25
27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 27-Variation 26
28. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 29-Variation 27 (Canone in Nona)
29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 28
30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 30-Variation 29
31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 31-Variation 30 (Quodlibet)
32. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 32-Aria da Capo
In 1741, nine years prior to his death, the sixty-five year old Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Composer, Kapellmeister and Director Chori Musici in Leipzig, Johann Sebastian Bach, published his fourth and final series of Clavier-Übung (Keyboard Practice). Bach was very clear with his intentions in writing this monumental piece; he inscribed on the title page, “Prepared for the Souls’ Delight of Music Lovers.” Regarding the title, Goldberg Variations, there is some debate on its origin, as there is no dedicatory inscription on the score, which is customary with a commissioned work. This debate, however, is academic and has no musical implications on the work itself.
Johann Nikolaus Forkel, the first biographer of J.S. Bach, in his book “Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art and Work”, recalls a story told about the Goldberg Variations: “We owe them to Count Kaiserling, a former Russian Ambassador at the Saxon Electoral Court, who frequently visited Leipzig with Goldberg.” Johann Gottleib Goldberg was a young harpsichordist who was employed by the Count. During their visits to Leipzig, Goldberg would study with Bach. Count Kaiserling suffered from neuralgia, a painful disorder of the cranial nerves, and consequently experienced distressing insomnia. It was during these times he would have Goldberg play for him to pass the night. Forkel continued: “One day, the Count asked Bach to compose for Goldberg some Clavier music of a soothing and cheerful character, that would relieve the tedium of sleepless nights. For long afterwards, when he could not sleep, [the Count] would say, ‘Play me one of my Variations, Goldberg.” Thus, the name was created.
Although Bach composed the Goldberg Variations for a harpsichord with two manuals, having specified in the score which variations were for one or two manuals, the work can nonetheless be played on the one-manual piano. However, in addition to mastering the score, a great challenge that faces the pianist in playing the Goldberg Variations on piano is the choreography necessary to accommodate the numerous hand crossings and redistribution of notes, as the same note is often played in both hands.
Year 2021 | Classical | FLAC / APE
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