Fazil Say – J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:15:46 minutes | 701 MB | Genre: Classical
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“My interpretation should convey the unique song, dance, story of each part of the work – that was the bar I set for myself,” says Fazil Say about his new album of Bach’s famous Goldberg Variations, composed 280 years ago to entertain a nobleman in his sleepless nights.
Fazil Say, world-renowned pianist and composer, used the months of the first lockdown to immerse himself fully in the complex work: “The pandemic gave me the space to devote a lot of time to analyzing the work, which is a musical and mathematical masterpiece.”Fazil Say had already recorded his first Bach album in 1988 and has since released a large repertoire of 58 albums, but he saved the Goldberg Variations until now. Now he could draw on an enormous wealth of experience: “I had the great advantage of having already played many other works by the composer. It was very helpful that I knew the different characters of his suites and had already analyzed his cantatas.” To uncover the mystery of the numerous canons and fugues within the Goldberg Variations, Fazil Say drew a graphic version of the counterpoint with colored pencils for the compositional analysis. The work will probably stay with him for a long time: “Approaching a musical work is a lifelong journey …”
Tracklist:
1-1. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria (04:36)
1-2. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation I (01:55)
1-3. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation II (01:16)
1-4. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation III. Canone all’unisono (02:04)
1-5. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation IV (01:05)
1-6. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation V (01:31)
1-7. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VI. Canone alla seconda (01:04)
1-8. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VII. Al tempo di giga (02:10)
1-9. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VIII (01:52)
1-10. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation IX. Canone alla terza (02:07)
1-11. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation X. Fughetta (01:34)
1-12. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XI (01:48)
1-13. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XII. Canone alla quarta (02:46)
1-14. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIII (04:04)
1-15. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIV (02:08)
1-16. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XV. Canone alla quinta (03:58)
1-17. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVI. Ouverture (02:53)
1-18. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVII (01:51)
1-19. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVIII. Canone alla sesta (01:18)
1-20. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIX (01:08)
1-21. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XX (02:01)
1-22. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXI. Canone alla settima (03:01)
1-23. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXII (01:20)
1-24. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIII (02:16)
1-25. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIV. Canone all’ottava (03:15)
1-26. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXV (05:58)
1-27. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVI (02:00)
1-28. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVII. Canone alla nona (01:52)
1-29. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVIII (02:17)
1-30. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIX (02:01)
1-31. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXX. Quodlibet (01:27)
1-32. Fazil Say – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da capo (04:55)
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