‎Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Recording): Aria by Glenn Gould on Apple Music

64 Songs, 1 Hour 29 Minutes

EDITORS’ NOTES

Thanks to a potent mix of rhythmic precision and blinding-fast tempi—just listen to the liftoff of Variation 5—Glenn Gould burst onto the record industry's radar with his 1955 performance of this Bach masterwork. Appropriately, the pianist also closed his studio career with a more ruminative (yet still exciting) version, in 1981. Gould’s distinct intelligence, palpable in both takes, has inspired generations of Bach interpreters. And though you’ll likely have a preference among them (as well as your own opinions about Gould’s murmurings from the piano bench), you simply can’t have one performance and not the other.

EDITORS’ NOTES

	TITLE		TIME
	Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1955 Recording)		38:14
	Aria		1:52
	Variation 1 a 1 Clav.		0:45
	Variation 2 a 1 Clav.		0:37
	Variation 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all' Unisuono		0:54
	Variation 4 a 1 Clav.		0:29
	Variation 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.		0:37
	Variation 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda		0:34
	Variation 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.		1:08
	Variation 8 a 2 Clav.		0:45
	Variation 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza		0:37
	Variation 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta		0:42
	Variation 11 a 2 Clav.		0:54
	Variation 12 Canone alla Quarta		0:56
	Variation 13 a 2 Clav.		2:10
	Variation 14 a 2 Clav.		0:58
	Variation 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta. Andante		2:16
	Variation 16, Ouverture a 1 Clav.		1:18
	Variation 17 a 2 Clav.		0:53
	Variation 18, Canone alla Sesta a 1 Clav.		0:46
	Variation 19 a 1 Clav.		0:42
	Variation 20 a 2 Clav.		0:48
	Variation 21, Canone alla Settima		1:42
	Variation 22, Alla breve a 1 Clav.		0:42
	Variation 23 a 2 Clav.		0:54
	Variation 24, Canone all' Ottava a 1 Clav.		0:57
	Variation 25 a 2 Clav.		6:30
	Variation 26 a 2 Clav.		0:52
	Variation 27, Canone alla Nona		0:49
	Variation 28 a 2 Clav.		1:11
	Variation 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.		1:00
	Variation 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet		0:48
	Aria da capo		2:08
	Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Recording)		51:01
	Aria		3:04
	Variation 1 a Clav.		1:10
	Variation 2 a 1 Clav.		0:49
	Variation 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all'Unisono		1:30
	Variation 4 a 1 Clav.		0:50
	Variation 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.		0:37
	Variation 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda		0:40
	Variation 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga		1:16
	Variation 8 a 2 Clav.		0:53
	Variation 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza		0:59
	Variation 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta		1:04
	Variation 11 a 2 Clav.		0:53
	Variation 12. Canone alla Quarta		1:38
	Variation 13 a 2 Clav.		2:38
	Variation 14 a 2 Clav.		1:04
	Variation 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta. Andante		5:02
	Variation 16 a 1 Clav. Ouverture		1:38
	Variation 17 a 2 Clav.		0:54
	Variation 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta		1:03
	Variation 19 a 1 Clav.		1:02
	Variation 20 a 2 Clav.		0:50
	Variation 21. Canone alla Settima		2:12
	Variation 22 a 1 Clav. Alla breve		1:03
	Variation 23 a 2 Clav.		0:58
	Variation 24 a 1 Clav. Canone all'Ottava		1:44
	Variation 25 a 2 Clav. Adagio		6:02
	Variation 26 a 2 Clav.		0:51
	Variation 27 a 2 Clav. Canone alla Nona		1:21
	Variation 28 a 2 Clav.		1:03
	Variation 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.		1:01
	Variation 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet		1:30
	Aria da capo		3:42