Rinaldo Alessandrini & Concerto Italiano – Bach: Variations on Variations (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble) (2017) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

Rinaldo Alessandrini & Concerto Italiano – Bach: Variations on Variations (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble) (2017)
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In this programme entitled Variations on Variations, Rinaldo Alessandrini, one of the today’s references on Baroque music, has chosen to adapt the Goldberg Variations and the Aria variata alla maniera italiana – initially composed for the keyboard – for small string ensemble, from duo to quartet. An intellectual and affectionate re-reading of some of the titans in music, Alessandrini’s ‘variations’ echo a common practice found in Bach himself (and many composers thereafter): we see in the Mass in B Minor, for example, numerous elaborations of earlier works; several movements of the Brandenburg Concertos have been taken in various ways in other cantatas; while his German version of Psalm 51 is adapted from the score of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. The passionate work of Rinaldo Alessandrini, who has sought to remain as faithful as possible to the spirit of the original
work and to the practice of writing instrumental music during this period, results in a breathtaking new light shone upon the genius of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Tracklist

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
01. Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582 (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble in D Minor)
02. Aria Variata Alla maniera italiana in A Minor, BWV 989: No. 1, Thema (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble in G Minor)
03. Aria Variata Alla maniera italiana in A Minor, BWV 989: No. 2, Variation I. Largo (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble in G Minor)
04. Aria Variata Alla maniera italiana in A Minor, BWV 989: No. 3, Variation II. (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble in G Minor)
05. Aria Variata Alla maniera italiana in A Minor, BWV 989: No. 4, Variation III. (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble in G Minor)
06. Aria Variata Alla maniera italiana in A Minor, BWV 989: No. 5, Variation IV. Allegro (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble in G Minor)
07. Aria Variata Alla maniera italiana in A Minor, BWV 989: No. 6, Variation V. Un poco allegro (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble in G Minor)
08. Aria Variata Alla maniera italiana in A Minor, BWV 989: No. 7, Variation VI. Andante (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble in G Minor)
09. Aria Variata Alla maniera italiana in A Minor, BWV 989: No. 8, Variation VII. Allegro (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble in G Minor)
10. Aria Variata Alla Maniera Italiana In A Minor, Bwv 989: No. 9, Variation VIII. Allegro (Arr. For Baroque Ensemble In G Minor)
11. Aria Variata Alla maniera italiana in A Minor, BWV 989: No. 10, Variation IX. (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble in G Minor)
12. Aria Variata Alla maniera italiana in A Minor, BWV 989: No. 11, Variation X. (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble in G Minor)
13. Canzona in D Minor, BWV 588 (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble)
14. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 1, Aria (Arr. à 4 for Baroque Ensemble)
15. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 2, Variation I. (Arr. à 4 for Baroque Ensemble)
16. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 3, Variation II. (Arr. à 3 for Baroque Ensemble)
17. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 4, Variation III. Canone all unisuono (Arr. à 3 for Baroque Ensemble)
18. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 5, Variation IV. (Arr. à 4 for Baroque Ensemble)
19. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 6, Variation V. (Arr. à 4 for Baroque Ensemble)
20. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 7, Variation VI. Canone alla seconda (Arr. à 3 for Baroque Ensemble)
21. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 8, Variation VII. (Arr. à 3 for Baroque Ensemble)
22. Goldberg-Variationen, Bwv 988: No. 9, Variation VIII. (Arr. À 4 For Baroque Ensemble)
23. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 10, Variation IX. Canone alla terza (Arr. à 3 for Baroque Ensemble)
24. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 11, Variation X. Fugetta (Arr. à 4 for Baroque Ensemble)
25. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 12, Variation XI. (Arr. à 2 violini for Baroque Ensemble)
26. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 13, Variation XII. Canone alla quarta in moto contrario (Arr. à 3 for Baroque Ensemble)
27. Goldberg-Variationen, Bwv 988: No. 14, Variation XIII. (Arr. À 3 For Baroque Ensemble)
28. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 15, Variation XIV. (Arr. à 4 for Baroque Ensemble)
29. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 16, Variation XV. Adante. Canone alla quinta (Arr. à 3 for Baroque Ensemble)
30. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 17, Variation XVI. Ouverture (Arr. à 4 for Baroque Ensemble)
31. Goldberg-Variationen, Bwv 988: No. 18, Variation XVII. (Arr. À 2, Violino E Violoncello For Baroque Ensemble)
32. Goldberg-Variationen, Bwv 988: No. 19, Variation XVIII. Canone Alla Sexta (Arr. À 3 For Baroque Ensemble)
33. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 20, Variation XIX. (Arr. à 3 for Baroque Ensemble)
34. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 21, Variation XX. (Arr. à 4 for Baroque Ensemble)
35. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 22, Variation XXI. Canone alla settima (Arr. à 3 for Baroque Ensemble)
36. Goldberg-Variationen, Bwv 988: No. 23, Variation Xxii. Allabreve (Arr. À 4 For Baroque Ensemble)
37. Goldberg-Variationen, Bwv 988: No. 24, Variation Xxiii. (Arr. À 4 For Baroque Ensemble)
38. Goldberg-Variationen, Bwv 988: No. 25, Variation Xxiv. Canone All’Ottava (Arr. À 3 For Baroque Ensemble)
39. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 26, Variation XXV. (Arr. à 3 for Baroque Ensemble)
40. Goldberg-Variationen, Bwv 988: No. 27, Variation Xxvi. (Arr. À 4 For Baroque Ensemble)
41. Goldberg-Variationen, Bwv 988: No. 28, Variation Xxvii. Canone Alla Nona (Arr. À 4 For Baroque Ensemble)
42. Goldberg-Variationen, Bwv 988: No. 29, Variation Xxviii. (Arr. À 4 For Baroque Ensemble)
43. Goldberg-Variationen, Bwv 988: No. 30, Variation Xxix. (Arr. À 4 For Baroque Ensemble)
44. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 31, Variation XXX. Quodlibe (Arr. à 4 for Baroque Ensemble)
45. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: No. 32, Aria (Arr. à 4 for Baroque Ensemble)