℗ 2016 Deutschlandradio / Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| Released | August 26, 2016 |
| Duration | 1h 18m 38s |
| Record Label | DG |
| Genre | Classical |
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Aria With 30 Variations, BWV 988 "Goldberg Variations"
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1.1
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Aria
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
3:50 | |||
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1.2
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Variatio 1 a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
2:02 | |||
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1.3
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Variatio 2 a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:25 | |||
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1.4
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Variatio 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all'Unisono
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
2:38 | |||
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1.5
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Variatio 4 a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:08 | |||
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1.6
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Variatio 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:33 | |||
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1.7
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Variatio 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:09 | |||
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1.8
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Variatio 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:51 | |||
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1.9
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Variatio 8 a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
2:02 | |||
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1.10
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Variatio 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
2:26 | |||
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1.11
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Variatio 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:36 | |||
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1.12
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Variatio 11 a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:58 | |||
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1.13
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Variatio 12 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
2:22 | |||
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1.14
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Variatio 13 a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
5:02 | |||
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1.15
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Variatio 14 a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
2:07 | |||
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1.16
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Variatio 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta. Andante
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
4:19 | |||
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1.17
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Variatio 16 a 1 Clav. Ouverture
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
3:05 | |||
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1.18
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Variatio 17 a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:54 | |||
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1.19
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Variatio 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:36 | |||
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1.20
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Variatio 19 a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:12 | |||
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1.21
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Variatio 20 a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
2:02 | |||
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1.22
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Variatio 21 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Settima
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
2:47 | |||
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1.23
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Variatio 22 a 1 Clav. Alla breve
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:33 | |||
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1.24
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Variatio 23 a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
2:21 | |||
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1.25
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Variatio 24 a 1 Clav. Canone all'Ottava
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
3:42 | |||
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1.26
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Variatio 25 a 2 Clav. Adagio
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
6:45 | |||
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1.27
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Variatio 26 a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:58 | |||
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1.28
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Variatio 27 a 2 Clav. Canone alla Nona
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:43 | |||
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1.29
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Variatio 28 a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
2:22 | |||
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1.30
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Variatio 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
2:10 | |||
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1.31
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Variatio 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
1:49 | |||
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1.32
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Aria da capo
Johann Sebastian Bach; Mahan Esfahani |
4:11 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Iranian-American harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani approaches one of the greatest masterpieces of the Baroque repertoire with fresh eyes: Bach’s incomparable Goldberg Variations, presented in a unique virtuosic way.
"I cannot deny that I find a great deal of narrative and life beyond the score when I play (the Goldberg Variations). Coming in the last decade of the composer’s life, they offer us a view both of someone looking back on his decades-long aesthetic transformation and of an innovative and sensitive musician responding to new trends and techniques around him."
- Mahan Esfahani
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – DG Studio Masters
A co-production with Deutschlandfunk Recording: Cologne, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, 4/2016 Executive Producers: Maider Múgica, Angelika Meissner (Deutsche Grammophon), Dr. Christiane Lehnigk (Deutschlandfunk) Producer: Christoph Claßen Recording Engineer (Tonmeister): Michael Morawietz Project Manager: Anna-Lena Rodewald Project Coordinator: Malene Hill Harpsichord Technician: Simon Neal Booklet Editor: Eva Zöllner Translations of Forkel quotes taken from The New Bach Reader, edited by Hans T. David and Arthur Mendel, rev. Christoph Wolff, W. W. Norton & Co., 1998 · Gilles Cantagrel, Bach en son temps, Paris, Fayard, 1997 (translation by Félix Grenier) Suits designed by Cian McAuliffe for Beggars Run, London · Glasses by Warby Parker Cover and Artist Photos _ Bernhard Musil Illustrations: _ bpk / BnF, Dist. RMN-GP / image BnF (title-page of the “Goldberg” Variations), _ bpk / Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Notenbüchlein) Design: Mareike Walter
A co-production with Deutschlandfunk Recording: Cologne, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, 4/2016 Executive Producers: Maider Múgica, Angelika Meissner (Deutsche Grammophon), Dr. Christiane Lehnigk (Deutschlandfunk) Producer: Christoph Claßen Recording Engineer (Tonmeister): Michael Morawietz Project Manager: Anna-Lena Rodewald Project Coordinator: Malene Hill Harpsichord Technician: Simon Neal Booklet Editor: Eva Zöllner Translations of Forkel quotes taken from The New Bach Reader, edited by Hans T. David and Arthur Mendel, rev. Christoph Wolff, W. W. Norton & Co., 1998 · Gilles Cantagrel, Bach en son temps, Paris, Fayard, 1997 (translation by Félix Grenier) Suits designed by Cian McAuliffe for Beggars Run, London · Glasses by Warby Parker Cover and Artist Photos _ Bernhard Musil Illustrations: _ bpk / BnF, Dist. RMN-GP / image BnF (title-page of the “Goldberg” Variations), _ bpk / Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Notenbüchlein) Design: Mareike Walter
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -8.30 -11.49 to -3.18 | -25.40 -28.07 to -21.84 | -22.00 -24.80 to -18.10 | 12 11 to 13 | |
| 1 | Aria | -8.92 | -26.99 | -23.9 | 12 |
| 2 | Variatio 1 a 1 Clav. | -8.44 | -24.07 | -20.7 | 11 |
| 3 | Variatio 2 a 1 Clav. | -11.49 | -27.35 | -23.7 | 11 |
| 4 | Variatio 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all'Unisono | -8.27 | -24.53 | -21.4 | 11 |
| 5 | Variatio 4 a 1 Clav. | -3.18 | -22.57 | -18.7 | 12 |
| 6 | Variatio 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. | -9.81 | -26.03 | -22.6 | 12 |
| 7 | Variatio 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda | -8.23 | -24.15 | -21.0 | 11 |
| 8 | Variatio 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga | -7.87 | -26.26 | -22.6 | 12 |
| 9 | Variatio 8 a 2 Clav. | -8.70 | -25.97 | -22.5 | 12 |
| 10 | Variatio 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza | -8.85 | -26.16 | -22.9 | 12 |
| 11 | Variatio 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta | -5.00 | -22.46 | -18.7 | 12 |
| 12 | Variatio 11 a 2 Clav. | -9.18 | -25.69 | -22.3 | 11 |
| 13 | Variatio 12 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta | -8.24 | -24.20 | -21.3 | 11 |
| 14 | Variatio 13 a 2 Clav. | -8.99 | -26.94 | -23.3 | 12 |
| 15 | Variatio 14 a 2 Clav. | -9.25 | -25.72 | -22.4 | 11 |
| 16 | Variatio 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta. Andante | -9.08 | -26.15 | -23.0 | 12 |
| 17 | Variatio 16 a 1 Clav. Ouverture | -4.63 | -23.34 | -19.6 | 13 |
| 18 | Variatio 17 a 2 Clav. | -8.20 | -25.08 | -21.8 | 11 |
| 19 | Variatio 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta | -9.55 | -25.96 | -22.7 | 11 |
| 20 | Variatio 19 a 1 Clav. | -11.13 | -27.71 | -23.8 | 12 |
| 21 | Variatio 20 a 2 Clav. | -9.40 | -26.43 | -22.9 | 12 |
| 22 | Variatio 21 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Settima | -8.50 | -24.72 | -21.8 | 11 |
| 23 | Variatio 22 a 1 Clav. Alla breve | -5.35 | -23.50 | -19.6 | 12 |
| 24 | Variatio 23 a 2 Clav. | -9.10 | -26.31 | -22.9 | 12 |
| 25 | Variatio 24 a 1 Clav. Canone all'Ottava | -8.26 | -25.10 | -22.1 | 11 |
| 26 | Variatio 25 a 2 Clav. Adagio | -9.66 | -28.07 | -24.8 | 12 |
| 27 | Variatio 26 a 2 Clav. | -8.57 | -24.63 | -21.4 | 11 |
| 28 | Variatio 27 a 2 Clav. Canone alla Nona | -9.13 | -25.99 | -22.8 | 11 |
| 29 | Variatio 28 a 2 Clav. | -9.56 | -25.45 | -22.1 | 11 |
| 30 | Variatio 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. | -4.53 | -21.84 | -18.1 | 12 |
| 31 | Variatio 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet | -7.22 | -26.49 | -22.8 | 12 |
| 32 | Aria da capo | -9.24 | -27.02 | -23.7 | 12 |