Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Timestamps below. Written for harpsichord and dedicated to the German harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, but these arrangements for strings are pretty great, too. First published in 1741. Performed by the Canadian ensemble Les Violons du Roy (the King's Violins), directed by Bernard Labadie. Recorded in September 1999 and first released in 2000.

00:00:00 Aria
00:04:08 Variatio 1
00:06:04 Variatio 2
00:07:37 Variatio 3: Canone all’unisono
00:10:05 Variatio 4
00:11:07 Variatio 5
00:12:49 Variatio 6: Canone alla seconda
00:14:14 Variatio 7 (al tempo di Giga)
00:16:27 Variatio 8
00:18:24 Variatio 9: Canone alla terza
00:20:06 Variatio 10: Fughetta
00:21:34 Variatio 11
00:24:01 Variatio 12: Canone alla quarta
00:26:04 Variatio 13
00:32:22 Variatio 14
00:34:33 Variatio 15: Canone alla quinta
00:38:38 Variatio 16: Ouverture
00:41:25 Variatio 17
00:43:51 Variatio 18: Canone alla sesta
00:45:25 Variatio 19
00:47:17 Variatio 20
00:49:32 Variatio 21: Canone alla settima
00:51:48 Variatio 22
00:53:01 Variatio 23
00:55:41 Variatio 24: Canone all’ottava
00:58:01 Variatio 25
01:03:40 Variatio 26
01:05:51 Variatio 27: Canone alla nona
01:08:13 Variatio 28
01:11:14 Variatio 29
01:13:37 Variatio 30: Quodlibet
01:15:15 Aria da capo


Johann Sebastian / J. S. / Baroque music / legend

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