℗ 2017 haenssler CLASSIC
Released October 6, 2017
Duration 49m 01s
Record Label haenssler CLASSIC
Genre Classical (Piano)
 

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations

Jean Muller

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Goldberg Variations, BWV 988  
1.1
Aria
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
2:53
1.2
Var. 1, a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
0:56
1.3
Var. 2, a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
0:39
1.4
Var. 3, Canone all'Unisuono a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:25
1.5
Var. 4, a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
0:44
1.6
Var. 5, a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
0:39
1.7
Var. 6, Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
0:46
1.8
Var. 7, a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:04
1.9
Var. 8, a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
0:57
1.10
Var. 9, Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:02
1.11
Var. 10, Fughetta. a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:09
1.12
Var. 11, a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:02
1.13
Var. 12, Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:37
1.14
Var. 13, a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
2:38
1.15
Var. 14, a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:02
1.16
Var. 15, Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
3:58
1.17
Var. 16, Ouverture. a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:35
1.18
Var. 17, a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
0:59
1.19
Var. 18, Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:08
1.20
Var. 19, a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
0:57
1.21
Var. 20, a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
0:53
1.22
Var. 21, Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:49
1.23
Var. 22, a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:11
1.24
Var. 23, a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:09
1.25
Var. 24, Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:46
1.26
Var. 25, a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
5:48
1.27
Var. 26, a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
0:55
1.28
Var. 27, Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:20
1.29
Var. 28, a 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:06
1.30
Var. 29, a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:03
1.31
Var. 30, Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
1:29
1.32
Aria da capo
Johann Sebastian Bach; Jean Muller
3:22
In 1741, at the height of his creativity, Bach published on of his pioneering works under the modest title “Keyboard exercise comprising an aria with diverse variations for harpsichord with two manuals.” The title “Goldberg Variations” has attached itself to the work thanks to an unverifiable anecdote by Bach’s first biographer Johann Nikolaus Forkel. This story has often led people to the misapprehension that the phenomenal work was conceived to help Count Keyserlingk drop off to sleep. The Goldberg Variations have gained monolithic prominence as the only work of Bach’s oeuvre in this genre. The challenge of composing a piece of considerable length (45-90 minutes depending on how frequently the repeats are played) on top of a single bass line has been superbly met here. It is astonishing how the continuous G major, which is interspersed with just three G minor variations, never becomes the slightest bit tedious for the listener.
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – haenssler CLASSIC Studio Masters
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-4.90
-15.15 to -0.56
-22.50
-34.96 to -16.43
-19.77
-31.60 to -14.00
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10 to 14
1
Aria
-10.05-29.52-26.512
2
Var. 1, a 1 Clav.
-3.10-18.19-15.610
3
Var. 2, a 1 Clav.
-5.18-22.69-20.011
4
Var. 3, Canone all'Unisuono a 1 Clav.
-4.94-22.99-20.411
5
Var. 4, a 1 Clav.
-0.56-16.66-14.211
6
Var. 5, a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
-2.60-19.21-16.511
7
Var. 6, Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
-7.88-23.42-20.910
8
Var. 7, a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
-8.96-26.97-24.211
9
Var. 8, a 2 Clav.
-0.91-17.86-15.210
10
Var. 9, Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
-6.09-23.93-21.310
11
Var. 10, Fughetta. a 1 Clav.
-2.21-17.22-14.410
12
Var. 11, a 2 Clav.
-5.53-25.11-22.511
13
Var. 12, Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav.
-2.06-17.37-14.810
14
Var. 13, a 2 Clav.
-9.86-29.96-27.312
15
Var. 14, a 2 Clav.
-3.32-19.09-16.510
16
Var. 15, Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.
-4.53-27.03-23.814
17
Var. 16, Ouverture. a 1 Clav.
-2.52-19.00-16.211
18
Var. 17, a 2 Clav.
-3.37-23.72-21.211
19
Var. 18, Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav.
-5.97-25.15-22.411
20
Var. 19, a 1 Clav.
-12.66-30.41-28.011
21
Var. 20, a 2 Clav.
-4.66-19.79-17.210
22
Var. 21, Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav.
-2.67-19.03-16.611
23
Var. 22, a 1 Clav.
-2.01-19.04-16.111
24
Var. 23, a 2 Clav.
-4.68-22.83-20.111
25
Var. 24, Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav.
-4.98-23.11-20.412
26
Var. 25, a 2 Clav.
-7.19-31.01-27.214
27
Var. 26, a 2 Clav.
-1.93-16.90-14.310
28
Var. 27, Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.
-3.40-19.35-16.810
29
Var. 28, a 2 Clav.
-5.83-23.77-21.211
30
Var. 29, a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
-0.96-16.43-14.010
31
Var. 30, Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.
-1.07-18.22-15.311
32
Aria da capo
-15.15-34.96-31.612

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