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Bach Variations & More

Wolfgang Gluxam (harpsichord)

Bach Variations & More

Bach Variations & More

Wolfgang Gluxam (harpsichord)

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This CD of the Italian harpsichordist and organist Maurizio Croci is dedicated to keys works of Bach, which were designed for both organ and harpsichord. Frequently Bach transformed his compositions between the two keyboard instruments back and forth in order to get a better understanding of the relevant technical and idiomatic possibilities and limitations. As a keyboardist, Bach was admired by all who had the fortune to hear him and was the envy of the virtuosi of his day. The cornerstone of this album is Bach’s thirty variations. This admirable work includes a regular four part Fugue, several extremely brilliant Variations for two Claviers, and concludes with a Quodlibet, as it is called. Born in 1958 in Melk, Wolfgang Gluxam studied harpsichord with Ton Koopman at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and organ with Alfred Mitterhofer at the Vienna Conservatory. He has won prizes at international competitions, and has been teaching harpsichord at the Vienna Music University since 1985.

Contents and tracklist

Aria
Track length4:23
Var. 1
Track length2:04
Var. 2
Track length1:30
Var. 3, Canone all'unisuono
Track length1:47
Var. 4
Track length1:01
Var. 5
Track length1:53
Var. 6, Canone alla seconda
Track length1:16
Var. 7
Track length1:38
Var. 8
Track length2:13
Var. 9, Canone alla terza
Track length1:53
Var. 10, Fughetta
Track length1:28
Var. 11
Track length2:02
Var. 12, Canone alla quarta
Track length2:36
Var. 13
Track length5:18
Var. 14
Track length2:13
Var. 15, Canone alla quinta
Track length3:56
Var. 16, Ouverture
Track length2:51
Var. 17
Track length2:15
Var. 18, Canone alla sexta
Track length1:26
Var. 19
Track length1:05
Var. 20
Track length2:19
Var. 21, Canone alla settima
Track length2:49
Var. 22, Alla breve
Track length1:27
Var. 23
Track length2:42
Var. 24, Canone all'ottava
Track length2:57
Var. 25
Track length7:01
Var. 26
Track length2:22
Var. 27, Canone alla nona
Track length1:57
Var. 28
Track length2:29
Var. 29
Track length2:03
Var. 30, Quodlibet
Track length1:57
Aria (Da capo)
Track length2:38
I. Prelude
Track length1:34
II. Allemande
Track length3:33
III. Courante
Track length1:22
IV. Sarabande
Track length3:35
V. Menuet
Track length1:10
VI. Gigue
Track length2:26
Aria
Track length2:21
Var. 1
Track length1:19
Var. 2
Track length1:14
Var. 3
Track length1:06
Var. 4
Track length1:01
Var. 5
Track length0:54
Var. 6
Track length1:51
Var. 7
Track length1:03
Var. 8
Track length0:55
Var. 9
Track length0:39
Var. 10
Track length2:27
I. Adagio
Track length3:59
II. Fuga (Allegro)
Track length6:36
III. Andante
Track length4:50
IV. Allegro
Track length5:32
I. Prelude
Track length2:59
II. Fugue
Track length3:50
III. Allegro
Track length2:47
Ricercar à 3
Track length6:02
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