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SCDV1487
SONOTON SONOTON VANGUARD - SCDV - J.S. BACH: GOLDBERG VARIATIONS |
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1. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - ARIA A 00:02:23 DANCE-LIKE, STEADY OPENING ARIA IN TRIPLE METER, WITH FOCUS PLACED MORE ON HARMONIC RICHNESS THAN ON A PROMINENT MELODIC LINE. 42-45 BPM
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4. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 1 A 00:01:10 BUOYANT, BRIGHT MOVEMENT WITH A STEADY PULSE; INCLUDING INTRICATE HAND-CROSSING AND ARTICULATED BASS. 86-88 BPM
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7. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 2 A 00:00:50 POSITIVE AND POISED VARIATION WITH CONTRAPUNTAL THREE-PART TEXTURE: TWO VOICES INTERWEAVING OVER A PERSISTENT WALKING BASS. 81-83 BPM
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13. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 4 A 00:01:13 LIGHTHEARTED, BUSTLING VARIATION WRITTEN IN FOUR VOICES AND 3/8 TIME, OFTEN DESCRIBED AS THE 'SHEPHERD'S DANCE'. 53-55 BPM
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25. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 8 A 00:01:04 JOYFUL, GALLANT TOCCATA-STYLE PIECE PERFORMED WITH A DETERMINED, DETACHED TOUCH AND LONG-SHORT RHYTHMIC CHARACTER. 187-191 BPM
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31. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 10 - FUGHETTA A 00:02:18 DECLAMATORY, STEADY FOUR-PART FUGHETTA WITH VOICES IMITATING EACH OTHER TIGHTLY, FEATURING PLAYFUL TRILLS. 59-60 BPM
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43. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 14 A 00:01:13 BRILLIANT AND VIRTUOSIC, FEATURING RIPPLING TRILLS AND ARPEGGIOS, WITH ENERGETIC DECORATIVE ELEMENTS ADDING A PLAYFUL CHARACTER. 165-175 BPM
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52. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 17 A 00:01:05 ECSTATIC AND TECHNICALLY COMPLEX TWO-PART PASSAGES WITH TANGLED HAND-CROSSING, AND FILLED WITH BACH'S TYPICAL MUSICAL INVENTION. 88-93 BPM
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55. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 18 - CANONE ALLA SESTA A 00:01:45 BRIGHT CANON WITH TWO VOICES PLAYING AT THE INTERVAL OF THE SIXTH; INSISTENT AND TIGHTLY WOVEN. 69-76 BPM
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58. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 19 A 00:02:35 LIGHT, ELEGANT THREE-PART VARIATION WITH THE GENTLE DANCE-LIKE FEEL OF A MINUET. 76-79 BPM
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64. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 21 - CANONE ALLA SETTIMA A 00:01:59 PROFOUND LAMENTING CANON AT THE SEVENTH, FILLED WITH CHROMATIC STEPS ADDING TO A PAINFUL EMOTIONAL CHARACTER.
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67. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 22 - ALLA BREVE A 00:01:48 STATELY FOUR-PART PIECE IN 2/2 TIME WITH DENSE IMITATIONS BETWEEN THE VOICES PROVIDING A CONVERSATIONAL FEEL (RUBATO). 64-70 BPM
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70. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 23 A 00:01:17 SPARKLING, HAPPY INTERPLAY OF VOICES REQUIRING HIGH TECHNICAL PRECISION, FEATURING RAPID PARALLEL THIRDS AND BRISK HAND-CROSSING. 75-78 BPM
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73. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 24 - CANONE ALL OTTAVA A 00:01:34 DELICATE, SWEET AND SOFTLY SWAYING CANON WHERE THE LEADING VOICE IS IMITATED AN OCTAVE BELOW. 67-70 BPM
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76. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 25 A 00:05:03 SLOW, DEEPLY EMOTIONAL MINOR VARIATION ALSO KNOWN AS THE 'BLACK PEARL', AND A PIECE MODERN FOR ITS TIME FOR THE TONAL AMBIGUITIES (RUBATO). 40-46 BPM
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79. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 26 A 00:01:04 EXCITING VARIATION BURSTING WITH ENERGY AND FEATURING VIRTUOSIC PASSAGE-WORK AND INTRICATE HAND-CROSSING. 96-100 BPM
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85. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 28 A 00:01:20 SHIMMERING, BRISK AND SPIRITED, FEATURING REPEATED TRILLS AND HIGH ENERGY. 148-152 BPM
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88. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - VARIATION 29 - OVVERO A 00:01:19 VIBRANT VIRTUOSIC SHOWPIECE FEATURING DENSE CHORDS AND POWERFUL PASSAGE RUNS. 144-160 BPM