Goldberg Variations BWV 988_音乐专辑
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
又名: Transcription for two guitars by Benedetto Montebello
表演者: Giuseppe Caputo/Luciano Pompilio
专辑类型: 专辑
介质: CD
发行时间: 2008
唱片数: 1
出版者: Guitar Art
专辑简介
GOLDBERG VARIATIONS :
FROM THE KEYBOARD TO THE TWO GUITARS
There have always been conflicting or even contrasted opinions on the trancsription of the music of Bach.For years when compared , one encounters the different theses of the " purists" , the " philologists " the " universalists ", each deducing with reference to different elements, historical reasons, musical language and form.In reality, these different opinions on the transcriptions are influenced by tradition to the positions of the absolutists.This fusion of different theories originated from a state of fact which all almost recognize as legitimate . for instance they would almost all agree today for it to be " bad taste " to perform some of the transcritptions of solo violin or organ works , with orchestra (this was frequently done in the 30's and 50's ) ,while almost all consider it legitimate to perform the repertoire of the clavicembalistica bachiana on piano, or that for lute,violin or 'cello on the guitar.In reality these traditions have legitimized the execution of certain repertoires of the orchestrate " similar" for executive technique and instrumental possibility.
There are many who think on the different transcriptions that have been made of the Art of Fugue. In this case the elements that have " justified" a transcription, are of the vague indications of Bach speaking of the execution of the work. They can be found in the contrapuntal nature of the language connected with a general vision to speculate on some formal organization of the whole work even if , unfortunately, they are incomplete.
According to this last conception, the transcription of the Goldberg Variations can be considered for two guitars.This monumental work is often tied up to a virtuosic instrumental consideration for keyboard (harpsichord or piano).In reality , it is the virtuosic and intellectual nature of the work that originated in me the desire to transcribe the Variations for two guitars, together with the absolute contrapuntal aspect of the language that Bach has marvelously fused to the technical possibilities of the keyboard ; but they are excellently portrayed thanks to the polyphonic possibilities of the guitars , and thus none of the polyphonic architecture Bachiana are sacrificed .Timbrewise, both instruments being pinched strings, the sound of the guitar is to be considered to be very similar to that of the harpsichord, certainly in comparison to the piano.The lightness and sweetness of the guitar gives a dose of expressiveness to the sound that the harpsichord misses at times , and that constitutes a further interpretative meaning in comparison to the diverse nature of every variation.
I hope that the sonorous enjoyment incurred by the listening will legitimate still further my work, giving to all the same feeling of fulfilment and peace, and also of the absolute amazement that I had on my first hearing, and the second and the third....Thank you.
Benedetto Montebello
The Goldberg Variations, BWV988, composed by JS Bach between 1741 and 1745 and published to Norimberga from the publisher Balthasar Schmid were specifically composed for Johann Gottlieb Goldberg in service at that time as teacher in the chapel of the Count von Brühl in Dresden.Comprised of an Aria , 30 variations and a reprise, the Aria afresh was originally composed for the harpsichord. The Goldberg Variations represent a very complex work with the presence of a continuos lower part, a real canon, but also a variety of tonal jumps, rhythmic situations and technical virtuosities. The Goldberg Variations were for many years considered a rather boring technical exercise, today the emotional content and the whole composition has been broadly valorized, and critical analysis graces the wide technique.The available insertions and studies from all over the world have contributed to making it one of the most popular pieces of the repertoire with many impassioned classical music buffs. This opera, together with the Art of Fugue can be considered to be the vortex of the experimentations of Bach, with regards to the creation of music for keyboard, both from a technical point of view, and for the style that combines together high-level searches in terms of counterpoint and canon.
Brief Analysis of the work.
曲目
Aria
Variatio 1 A 1 Clav.
Variatio 2 A 1 Clav.
Variatio 3 Canone All'unisono A 1 Clav.
Variatio 4 A 1 Clav.
Variatio 5 A 1 Ovvero 2 Clav.
Variatio 6 Canone Alla Seconda A 1 Clav.
Variatio 7 A 1 Ovvero 2 Clav. Tempo Di Giga
Variatio 8 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 9 Canone Alla Terza A 1 Clav.
Variatio 10 Fughetta A 1 Clav.
Variatio 11 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 12 Canone Alla Quarta (A 1 Clav.)
Variatio 13 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 14 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 15 Canone Alla Quinta A 1 Clav. Andante
Variatio 16 Ouverture A 1 Clav.
Variatio 17 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 18 Canone Alla Sesta A 1 Clav.
Variatio 19 A 1 Clav.
Variatio 20 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 21 Canone Alla Settima (A 1 Clav.)
Variatio 22 A 1 Clav. Alla Breve
Variatio 23 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 24 Cannone Alla Ottava A 1 Clav.
Variatio 25 A 2 Clav. Adagio
Variatio 26 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 27 Canone Alla Nona A 2 Clav.
Variatio 28 A 2 Clav.
Variatio 29 A 1 Ovvero 2 Clav.
Variatio 30 Quodlibet A 1 Clav.
Aria
