Duo Mélisande – Johann Sebastian Bach : The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 51:50 minutes | 510 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Paraty Productions
„The title „Goldberg Variations“, arose from a story, now thought to be doubtful, that they were commissioned for the 14 year old harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg to play. In 1802, the first biographer of J.S Bach, Johann Nicolaus Forkel, wrote that they were the ‘model according to which all variations should be made’. The work has long been regarded as the most important set of variations composed in the baroque era. In the accompanying booklet to this CD, both Sebastien Llinares and Gilles Cantagrel cover the subject of Bach being transcribed. So called ‘purists’ should beware because nobody transcribed Bach’s music like Bach himself – from violin to lute, from lute to harpsichord etc.“
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