Philharmonia Orchestra, Robin O’Neill – J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill) (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Philharmonia Orchestra, Robin O’Neill – J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:24 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
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Bach’s music has always attracted arrangers and orchestrators – such as Stokowski, Elgar and Busoni, to name just three. Regardless of its original version, Bach’s music has an expressive power, drama and architectural logic that lend themselves well to expanded orchestral sonorities. Bassoonist and conductor Robin O’Neill buried his head in the Goldberg Variations, which he had discovered through Glenn Gould’s recordings, during the first months of the Covid lockdown. Soon after that, the idea of making an arrangement for orchestra began to obsess him as he began hearing instrumental and orchestral sonorities in the keyboard work. Since the main challenge was to reclothe the music without damaging the subtle intricacy of the piece, and after much thought and experimentation, O’Neill chose instruments that Bach himself would have recognized for the solo parts. His reinterpretation of the Goldberg Variations offers a mixture of full orchestral variations interspersed with concertante ones involving two, three or four solo instruments, at times close to St Matthew Passion-style writing. Completed during a difficult period, this arrangement was made, in the words of O’Neill, in the hope that it expresses the joy and solace that Bach’s music gives both performer and listener.

Tracklist:

1. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Aria (03:57)
2. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 1 (01:36)
3. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 2 (01:09)
4. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 3. Canone all Unisono (02:06)
5. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 4 (00:56)
6. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 5 (01:39)
7. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 6. Canone alla Seconda (00:52)
8. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 7. Al tempo di Giga (01:52)
9. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 8 (02:01)
10. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 9. Canone alla Terza (01:20)
11. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 10. Fughetta (01:21)
12. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 11 (02:15)
13. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 12. Canone alla Quarta (02:11)
14. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 13 (05:24)
15. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 14 (02:25)
16. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 15. Canone alla Quinta: Andante (02:25)
17. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 16. Ouverture (02:44)
18. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 17 (02:01)
19. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 18. Canone alla Sesta (01:20)
20. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 19 (01:06)
21. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 20 (02:29)
22. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 21. Canone alla Settima (02:22)
23. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 22. Alla breve (01:06)
24. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 23 (02:37)
25. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 24. Canone all’Ottava (02:26)
26. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 25. Adagio (08:41)
27. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 26 (01:59)
28. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 27. Canone alla Nona (02:07)
29. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 28 (02:23)
30. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 29 (02:16)
31. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Variation 30. Quodlibet (01:54)
32. Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O’Neill – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O’Neill): Aria da Capo al Fine (02:13)

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