Goldberg Variations

J.S. Bach

BUY

This new recording of the Bach Goldberg Variations represents Prego’s third solo recital on CD, but his first for Glossa. Heard playing a splendid copy of a 1738 Christian Vater harpsichord on this Federico Prieto-engineered recording, Ignacio Prego illustrates perfectly the points put forward in scholar David Schulenberg’s essay for the booklet, in which particular emphasis is placed on Bach’s threefold “cycling” of the 30 variations, each time combining one free variation, one duet and a canon. Fine photographs from Noah Shaye round up a new inspiring Glossa title.

01  Aria 4:38
02  Variatio 1 (a 1 Clav.) 2:05
03  Variatio 2 (a 1 Clav.) 1:44
04  Variatio 3 – Canone all’unisono (a 1 Clav.) 2:38
05  Variatio 4 (a 1 Clav.) 1:05
06  Variatio 5 (a 1 o vero 2 Clav.) 1:55
07  Variatio 6 – Canone alla seconda (a 1 Clav.) 1:19
08  Variatio 7 – Al tempo di giga (a 1 o vero 2 Clav.) 1:54
09  Variatio 8 (a 2 Clav.) 2:15
10  Variatio 9 – Canone alla terza (a 1 Clav.) 2:11
11  Variatio 10 – Fughetta (a 1 Clav.) 1:40
12  Variatio 11 (a 2 Clav.) 3:09
13  Variatio 12 – Canone alla quarta (a 1 Clav.) 3:00
14  Variatio 13 (a 2 Clav.) 2:57
15  Variatio 14 (a 2 Clav.) 2:17
16  Variatio 15 – Canone alla quinta (in moto contrario) (a 1 Clav.) 4:35
17  Variatio 16 – Ouverture (a 1 Clav.) 2:50
18  Variatio 17 (a 2 Clav.) 2:10
19  Variatio 18 – Canone alla sesta (a 1 Clav.) 1:29
20  Variatio 19 (a 1 Clav.) 1:29
21  Variatio 20 (a 2 Clav.) 2:17
22  Variatio 21 – Canone alla settima (a 1 Clav.) 2:58
23  Variatio22-Allabreve(a1Clav.) 1:25
24  Variatio 23 (a 2 Clav.) 2:32
25  Variatio 24 – Canone all’ottava (a 1 Clav.) 3:19
26  Variatio25-Adagio(a2Clav.) 4:30
27  Variatio 26 (a 1 Clav.) 2:20
28  Variatio 27 – Canone alla nona (a 1 Clav.) 2:16
29  Variatio 28 (a 2 Clav.) 2:44
30  Variatio 29 (a 1 o vero 2 Clav.) 2:17
31  Variatio 30 – Quodlibet (a 1 Clav.) 2:18
32  Aria da capo e fine 2:38

Ignacio Prego, harpsichord
[Andrea R estelli, Milan 2004, after Christian Vater, 1738]

Recorded in Guadarrama (Centro Cultural La Torre), Spain, in July 2015 Engineered by Federico Prieto
Produced by Federico Prieto and Ignacio Prego
Artistic supervision: Daniel Oyarzabal
Tuning: Jon Sarasua

Executive producer & editorial director: Carlos Céster Editorial assistant: María Díaz Photographs: Noah Shaye

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