by Gustav Leonhardt · Harmonia Mundi (Dhm) · CD · EAN 0035627714924
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«Goldberg Variationen» (BWV 988) is the album by Gustav Leonhardt performing Johann Sebastian Bach on harpsichord, released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on CD.
A work for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach that begins with an aria and develops it into thirty variations of very diverse character, from severe counterpoint to virtuosity and lyricism. Among them, Variatio 25, an expressive adagio, and Variatio 30, a quodlibet with echoes of popular songs, stand out.
Recording on a single CD, with a total duration of 47:19; released in the Editio Classica series by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
Audience interested in Baroque classical music and historically informed harpsichord performances.
