℗ 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Released January 27, 2017
Duration 1h 16m 48s
Record Label Warner Classics
Genre Classical
 

Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Beatrice Rana

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Goldberg Variations, BWV 988  
1.1
I. Aria
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
5:06
1.2
II. Variatio 1 a 1 clav
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:55
1.3
III. Variatio 2 a 1 clav
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:29
1.4
IV. Variatio 3 Canone all Unisuono a 1 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:55
1.5
V. Variatio 4 a 1 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:04
1.6
VI. Variatio 5 a 1 o vero 2 clav
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:22
1.7
VII. Variatio 6 Canone alla seconda a 1 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:19
1.8
VIII. Variatio 7 a 1 o vero 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
2:16
1.9
IX. Variatio 8 a 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
2:03
1.10
X. Variatio 9 Canone alla terza a 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:48
1.11
XI. Variatio 10 Fughetta a 1 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:32
1.12
XII. Variatio 11 a 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:52
1.13
XIII. Variatio 12 Canone alla quarta
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
2:10
1.14
XIV. Variatio 13 a 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
4:17
1.15
XV. Variatio 14 a 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
2:01
1.16
XVI. Variatio 15 Canone alla Quinta a 1 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
4:22
1.17
XVII. Variatio 16 a 1 clav. Ouvertura
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
3:22
1.18
XVIII. Variatio 17 a 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
2:02
1.19
XIX. Variatio 18 Canone alla sexta a 1 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:23
1.20
XX. Variatio 19 a 1 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:12
1.21
XXI. Variatio 20 a 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:48
1.22
XXII. Variatio 21 canone alla settima a 1 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
2:53
1.23
XXIII. Variatio 22 a 1 clav. alla breve
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:20
1.24
XXIV. Variatio 23 a 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
2:06
1.25
XXV. Variatio 24 Canone alla Ottava a 1 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
2:28
1.26
XXVI. Variatio 25 a 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
7:02
1.27
XXVII Variatio 26 a 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:53
1.28
XXVIII. Variatio 27 Canone alla Nona a 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:53
1.29
XXIX. Variatio 28 a 1 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
2:23
1.30
XXX. Variatio 29 a 1 o vero 2 clav.
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:22
1.31
XXXI. Variatio 30 a 1 clav. Quodlibet
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
1:46
1.32
XXXII. Aria da Capo e fine
Johann Sebastian Bach; Beatrice Rana
5:24
Digital Booklet
For her second Warner Classics release, young Italian pianist Beatrice Rana turns to a pinnacle of the solo keyboard repertoire and a composer she has described as “my first love”: Johann Sebastian Bach. Her interpretation of his epic Goldberg Variations bears out Le Monde’s judgement that “Beatrice Rana certainly has nothing left to prove when it comes to technique, but what makes an impression are her calm maturity and her sense of architecture,” and Gramophone’s that she is “a fully developed artist of a stature that belies her tender years.” Bach was the composer who most obsessed Beatrice Rana as a child, and in a recent interview with Pianist magazine, she confessed that it would be his music, and above all the Goldberg Variations, that she would choose if she had to devote her life to a single composer. As she said: “I’m very happy to be going back to Bach … It’s best to avoid Bach in competitions … you can’t expose yourself to be totally killed by the jury! But Bach is my first love; now I am allowed to play it in public and I’m really looking forward to that.”
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Warner Classics Studio Masters
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-5.81
-15.77 to -0.58
-24.81
-36.47 to -18.08
-21.96
-33.40 to -15.50
11
10 to 13
1
I. Aria
-13.02-33.59-30.613
2
II. Variatio 1 a 1 clav
-5.11-22.25-19.511
3
III. Variatio 2 a 1 clav
-9.07-27.41-24.711
4
IV. Variatio 3 Canone all Unisuono a 1 clav.
-7.80-26.33-23.511
5
V. Variatio 4 a 1 clav.
-1.81-21.55-18.912
6
VI. Variatio 5 a 1 o vero 2 clav
-2.83-22.12-19.411
7
VII. Variatio 6 Canone alla seconda a 1 clav.
-7.26-26.52-23.911
8
VIII. Variatio 7 a 1 o vero 2 clav.
-10.48-31.29-28.212
9
IX. Variatio 8 a 2 clav.
-4.64-21.65-18.911
10
X. Variatio 9 Canone alla terza a 2 clav.
-10.08-28.00-25.211
11
XI. Variatio 10 Fughetta a 1 clav.
-2.35-21.18-18.211
12
XII. Variatio 11 a 2 clav.
-5.10-23.31-20.611
13
XIII. Variatio 12 Canone alla quarta
-5.65-23.15-20.311
14
XIV. Variatio 13 a 2 clav.
-8.18-29.81-26.813
15
XV. Variatio 14 a 2 clav.
-4.47-22.60-19.811
16
XVI. Variatio 15 Canone alla Quinta a 1 clav.
-9.32-29.59-26.413
17
XVII. Variatio 16 a 1 clav. Ouvertura
-2.17-21.97-19.013
18
XVIII. Variatio 17 a 2 clav.
-6.85-26.01-23.312
19
XIX. Variatio 18 Canone alla sexta a 1 clav.
-4.60-23.24-20.310
20
XX. Variatio 19 a 1 clav.
-5.09-23.40-20.611
21
XXI. Variatio 20 a 2 clav.
-3.60-22.37-19.610
22
XXII. Variatio 21 canone alla settima a 1 clav.
-3.45-23.16-20.511
23
XXIII. Variatio 22 a 1 clav. alla breve
-3.16-21.39-18.411
24
XXIV. Variatio 23 a 2 clav.
-0.62-22.91-20.012
25
XXV. Variatio 24 Canone alla Ottava a 1 clav.
-5.60-25.22-22.311
26
XXVI. Variatio 25 a 2 clav.
-9.00-29.89-26.712
27
XXVII Variatio 26 a 2 clav.
-2.87-21.95-19.211
28
XXVIII. Variatio 27 Canone alla Nona a 2 clav.
-6.76-24.25-21.511
29
XXIX. Variatio 28 a 1 clav.
-6.38-24.26-21.411
30
XXX. Variatio 29 a 1 o vero 2 clav.
-0.58-18.08-15.511
31
XXXI. Variatio 30 a 1 clav. Quodlibet
-2.30-18.95-16.011
32
XXXII. Aria da Capo e fine
-15.77-36.47-33.412

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