Description
László Borbély – J.S. Bach: Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988 / Hunnia Records Audio CD 2020 / MRC 2001
UPC 5999883044421
Made in Hungary
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, is a musical composition for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may also have been the first performer of the work.
| Label: | Hunnia Records – MRC 2001 |
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| Format: |
Vinyl
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| Country: | Hungary |
| Released: |
2020 |
| Genre: | Classical |
Tracklist:
Side one
01. Aria
02. Variatio 1 a 1 Clav.
03. Variatio 2 a Clav.
04 Varnado 3. Canone all' Unisonu a 1 Clav.
05. Variatio a 1 Clav.
06. Veriaco 3. a 16 veru 2 Clav.
07. Variatio 6. Canone alla Secanda a 1 Clav.
08. Venatio 7. a 1 а чето 2 Clav.
09. Varizho 8 a 7 Clav.
10 Variatio 9. Canone alla terza a 1 Clav.
11. Varistio 10. Fughetta a 1 Clav.
Side two
12. Varnatio 11 a 2 Clav.
13. Vanztto 12. Canone alla Quarta a 1 Clav.
14. Vanatio 1.1.a 2 Clav.
15. Variatic 14.a 2 Clav.
16. Varsatio 15. Canone alla Quinta a 1 Clav.
17. Variatio 16. Quverture a 1 Clav.
18. Variatio 17. a 2 Clav.
Side three
19. Variatic B. Canome alla Sexta a 1 Clav.
20. Variatio 19 a 1 Clav.
21 Variatie 20. a 2 Clav.
27 Martatic 21. Carere alla Settimaa 1 Clav.
23. Variatio 22.3 1 Clav. (All breve)
24. Vanatio 23.a 2 Clav.
25. Variatin 24. Canone all' Ottava a 1 Clav.
26. Vanatio 25. a 2 Clav. (Adagio)
Side four
27. Variatio 26. a 2 Clav.
28. Variatio 27. Canone elle Nona a 2 Clav.
29. Variatio 28. a 2 Clav.
30. Variatio 29. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.
31. Variatio 30. Quodlibet a 1 Clav.
32. Aria
LÁSZLÓ BORBÉLY J. S. Bach: Goldberg-Variationen
But why the Goldberg Variations?
First because I was an admirer of Glenn Gould's idiosyncracy (to me his Goldberg recordings are benchmarks), second- and in the end it was the main reason - I was being attracted to pieces (and arts) where complexity and grandiosity makes the way of understanding very different from normal everyday practice. At the same time understanding this music and working on it means a particular challenge at mental and physical level. This music has plenty of musical faces and emotions of human life, such as doubt, misery, failure; but certainty and happiness, too. Playing this music is an essential source of mental and spiritual experience, so I would like to wish the same for my future listeners, as well.
László Borbély
Live recording at the Supersize Recording Studio, Hungary, August 31, 2019
Piano: Steinway & Sons Model D Grand Piano.
Balance and recording engineer. András Makay
Piano technician: Balázs Tóth
MyReel Club DSD Production: Ferenc Koscsó, Gábor Szendrő.
Cover: HRZ.
Photos: Mihály Borsos.
Producer: Róbert Zoltán Hunka
