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巴哈: 變奏曲(郭德堡變奏曲/帕薩卡利亞舞曲...)
里納多．阿列山德里尼 指揮 義大利協奏團

Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini

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, Alessan-drini's 'variations' echo a common practice found in Bach himself (and many compos-ers thereafter): we see in the Mass in B Mi-nor, 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 Alessan-drini, 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 breath-taking new light shone upon the genius of Johann Sebastian Bach.



johann sebastian bach 1685-1750
variations on variations
1 passacaglia in d minor,
from the original for pedal harpsichord in c minor, bwv 582 10'34
aria variata alla maniera italiana in g minor for violin and basso continuo,
from the original for harpsichord in a minor, bwv 989
2 Thema 1'10
3 Variatio 1 0'27
4 Variatio 2 0'32
5 Variatio 3 0'29
6 Variatio 4 1'02
7 Variatio 5 0'27
8 Variatio 6 1'07
9 Variatio 7 0'25
10 Variatio 8 0'29
11 Variatio 9 0'44
12 Variatio 10 1'25
13 canzona in d minor, from the original for organ, bwv 588 4'48
goldberg variations, from the original for harpsichord, bwv 988
(aria mit verschiedenen veränderungen für cembalo mit 2 manualen)
14 Aria (à 4) 4'55
15 Variatio 1 (à 4) 0'56
16 Variatio 2 (à 3) 0'57
17 Variatio 3 – Canone all'Unisuono (à 3) 0'58
18 Variatio 4 (à 4) 0'28
19 Variatio 5 (à 4) 0'50
20 Variatio 6 – Canone alla Seconda (à 3) 0'48
21 Variatio 7 – Al tempo di Giga (à 3) [nicholas robinson] 0'55
22 Variatio 8 (à 4) 0'57
23 Variatio 9 – Canone alla Terza (à 3) 0'39
24 Variatio 10 – Fughetta (à 4) 0'41
25 Variatio 11 (à 2 violini) 1'02
26 Variatio 12 – Canone alla Quarta (à 3) [nicholas robinson] 1'30
27 Variatio 13 (à 3) [antonio de secondi] 2'44
28 Variatio 14 (à 4) 1'06
29 Variatio 15 – Canone alla Quinta (à 3) 1'36
30 Variatio 16 – Ouverture (à 4) 3'08
31 Variatio 17 (à 2, violino e violoncello) [antonio de secondi] 1'02
32 Variatio 18 – Canone alla Sesta (à 3) 0'40
33 Variatio 19 (à 3) 0'45
34 Variatio 20 (à 4) 1'12
35 Variatio 21 – Canone alla Settima (à 3) [nicholas robinson] 1'04
36 Variatio 22 – Alla breve (à 4) 0'41
37 Variatio 23 (à 4) 1'11
38 Variatio 24 – Canone all'Ottava (à 3) [antonio de secondi] 1'14
39 Variatio 25 – Adagio (à 3) [nicholas robinson] 4'30
40 Variatio 26 (à 4) 1'03
41 Variatio 27 – Canone alla Nona (à 4) 0'57
42 Variatio 28 (à 4) 1'15
43 Variatio 29 (à 4) 1'10
44 Variatio 30 – Quodlibet (à 4) 0'39
45 Aria (à 4) 2'41