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Bach: Goldberg Variations

Nevermind (chamber ensemble)

Bach: Goldberg Variations
as a whole Nevermind’s well recorded, illuminating approach offers an enjoyable and engaging supplement to the abundant versions for harpsichord and piano available.

BBC Music Magazine, March 20254 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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Bach: Goldberg Variations

Nevermind (chamber ensemble)

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as a whole Nevermind’s well recorded, illuminating approach offers an enjoyable and engaging supplement to the abundant versions for harpsichord and piano available.

BBC Music Magazine, March 20254 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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A genuine masterpiece inspires musicians to adopt, adapt, or transcribe it without losing any of its greatness. Nevermind's four baroque aces, Anna Besson, Louis Creac'h, Robin Pharo and Jean Rondeau, have taken a creative look at Bach's famous Goldberg Variations and have made their own stylishly insightful 'variations' on the work. As they themselves explain: 'We needed only an informal rehearsal to grasp the incredible potential of a transcription for our ensemble. There have been other arrangements, but nobody has ever attempted this one before now, even though our instruments are among those most typically used in J.S. Bach's chamber music, in his many solo sonatas for flute, violin or gamba with bass continuo and obbligato harpsichord - and they also frequently feature in the arias of his cantatas and Passions.'

  • Release date: 14th Feb 2025
  • Label: Alpha
  • Catalogue number: ALPHA1116
  • Length: 97 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
Work length1:37:57
Aria
Track length4:32
Var. I a 1 Clav.
Track length2:10
Var. II a 1 Clav.
Track length2:05
Var. III Canone all’Unisuono. a 1 Clav.
Track length2:14
Var. IV a 1 Clav.
Track length1:20
Var. V a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
Track length1:45
Var. VI Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
Track length2:39
Var. VII a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. al tempo di Giga
Track length1:50
Var. VIII a 2 Clav.
Track length3:20
Var. IX Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
Track length2:51
Var. X. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.
Track length1:32
Var. XI a 2 Clav.
Track length2:07
Var. XII a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav. in moto contrario
Track length4:40
Var. XIII a 2 Clav.
Track length7:27
Var. XIV a 2 Clav.
Track length2:19
Var. XV Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.: Andante
Track length6:02
Var. XVI Ouverture. a 1 Clav.
Track length2:56
Var. XVII a 2 Clav.
Track length3:42
Var. XVIII Canone alla Sesta. a 1 Clav.
Track length2:25
Var. XIX a 1 Clav.
Track length1:16
Var. XX a 2 Clav.
Track length2:39
Var. XXI Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav.
Track length3:19
Var. XXII a 1 Clav. alla breve
Track length1:33
Var. XXIII a 2 Clav.
Track length2:33
Var. XXIV Canone all’Ottava. a 1 Clav.
Track length2:48
Var. XXV a 2 Clav.: Adagio
Track length9:18
Var. XXVI a 2 Clav.
Track length2:30
Var. XXVII Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.
Track length2:03
Var. XVIII a 2 Clav.
Track length2:00
Var. XXIX a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
Track length2:32
Var. XXX Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.
Track length2:17
Aria da Capo
Track length5:13

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March 2025

as a whole Nevermind’s well recorded, illuminating approach offers an enjoyable and engaging supplement to the abundant versions for harpsichord and piano available.
4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

March 2025

While displaying fewer quixotic turns and varied sonic delights than the larger groups, the sophisticated gestural landscape and fragrancy of this leaner ensemble moves the music into fresh territory.
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