Angela Hewitt - Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1999 Version) '2000

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
02. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 1. a 1 Clav.
03. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 2. a 1 Clav.
04. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 3. Canone all'Unisono a 1 Clav.
05. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 4. a 1 Clav.
06. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
07. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 6. Canone alla Seconda a 1 Clav.
08. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga
09. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 8. a 2 Clav.
10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 9. Canone alla Terza a 1 Clav.
11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 10. Fughetta a 1 Clav.
12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 11. a 2 Clav.
13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 12. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta in moto
contrario
14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 13. a 2 Clav.
15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 14. a 2 Clav.
16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 15. Canone alla Quinta a 1 Clav. Andante
17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 16. Ouverture a 1 Clav.
18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 17. a 2 Clav.
19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 18. Canone alla Sesta a 1 Clav.
20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 19. a 1 Clav.
21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 20. a 2 Clav.
22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 21. Canone alla Settima
23. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 22. a 1 Clav. alla breve
24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 23. a 2 Clav.
25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 24. Canone all'Ottava a 1 Clav.
26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 25. a 2 Clav. Adagio
27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 26. a 2 Clav.
28. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 27. Canone alla Nona a 2 Clav.
29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 28. a 2 Clav.
30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 29. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 30. a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
32. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da capo

This is very special. All of Angela Hewitt's Bach recordings to date have been
made in Germany on her favourite piano and with her chosen producer, Ludger
Böckenhoff. For this recording of the Goldbergs, a work for which she has
especial reverence, Angela inspected several venues in Britain. Accordingly she
and Ludger, the piano and piano technician Gerd Finkenstein, travelled from
Germany to London's Henry Wood Hall where no fewer than five days were allocated
to record the work. Finally satisfied artistically, Angela finished the
recording at the end of the fifth day, after which she went home for a bath and
something to eat. Everybody then went back to HWH in the middle of the night and
recorded the whole thing again, without a break. After a few final adjustments
in the editing room, that is the performance which appears on this disc.

All repeats are observed.

All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced
box set Angela Hewitt plays Bach: 'A magnificent retrospective of Angela
Hewitt’s achievement as a pianist in the keyboard works of J S Bach
… this remarkable set of recordings marks something of a milestone for
everyone involved with classical music, as well as for Hyperion' (MusicWeb
International).

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