Bach: Goldberg Variations (CD)

David Fray adds a landmark of the solo keyboard repertoire to his Bach discography: the Goldberg Variations. "The Goldberg Variations are a real test," he says. "They are the work of a lifetime, perhaps a work about life itself... a kind of rite of passage, a journey. Every element of human life is in them... When you play the theme again after the 30 variations, in it's original purity, it is as if you're at the end of your life, looking back over everything that has happened in the last hour-and-a-half. Few works give such a sense of eternity".

Track List

1. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria
2. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 1
3. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 2
4. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 3. Canone All'unisono
5. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 4
6. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 5
7. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 6. Canone Alla Seconda
8. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 7. Al Tempo Di Giga
9. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 8
10. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 9. Canone Alla Terza
11. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 10. Fughetta
12. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 11
13. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 12. Canone Alla Quarta
14. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 13
15. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 14
16. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 15. Canone Alla Quinta in Moto Contrario
17. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 16. Ouverture
18. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 17
19. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 18. Canone Alla Sesta
20. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 19
21. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 20
22. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 21. Canone Alla Settima
23. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 22. Alla Breve
24. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 23
25. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 24. Canone All'ottava
26. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 25
27. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 26
28. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 27. Canone Alla Nona
29. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 28
30. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 29
31. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 30. Quodlibet
32. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria Da Capo