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| Welsh harpist Catrin Finch displays a feathery touch and jawdropping subtlety of phrasing on these 32 transcriptions inspired by Glenn Gould’s interpretations. |
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| 1 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Aria |
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| 2 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 1 (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 3 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 2 (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 4 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisono (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 5 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 4 (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 6 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 5 (a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.) |
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| 7 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 8 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 7 (a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.) |
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| 9 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 8 (a 2 Clav.) |
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| 10 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 11 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 10. Fughetta (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 12 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 11 (a 2 Clav.) |
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| 13 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 14 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 13 (a 2 Clav.) |
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| 15 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 14 (a 2 Clav.) |
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| 16 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta (a 1 Clav.). Andante |
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| 17 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 16. Ouverture (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 18 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 17 (a 2 Clav.) |
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| 19 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 18. Canone alla Settima (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 20 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 19 (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 21 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 20 (a 2 Clav.) |
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| 22 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 23 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 22 (a 1 Clav.) |
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| 24 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 23 (a 2 Clav.) |
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| 25 Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava (a 1 Clav.) |
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Album Review
It takes some mental adjustment to hear Bach's Goldberg Variations played on a harp, but Welsh harpist Catrin Finch has done an exceptional job with both her arrangement and her performance of Bach's keyboard masterpiece. Her arrangement is sensitive to the musical and the emotional values of the music; she successfully translates the sense of technical difficulty and the expressive depths of the original, and her playing is superb. The listener is fully aware of the challenges of Finch's arrangement, and of the graceful virtuosity and expressiveness with which she executes them. The joy, sorrow, wit, humor, and sublime beauty of the original are all present in her performances. Purists may have little patience with the idea of a transcription, but other listeners may be won over by the sheer loveliness of Finch's playing.
Deutsche Grammophon's digital sound is cool, clear, and vivid. ~ James Leonard, All Music Guide
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