j.s. bach
goldberg variations BWV 988

aria
variatio 1
variatio 2
variatio 3 - canone all'unisono
variatio 4
variatio 5
variatio 6 - canone alla seconda
variatio 7 - al tempo di giga
variatio 8
variatio 9 - canone alla terza
variatio 10 - fughetta
variatio 11
variatio 12 - canone alla quarta
variatio 13
variatio 14
variatio 15 - canone alla quinta
variatio 16 - ouverture
variatio 17
variatio 18 - canone alla sexta
variatio 19
variatio 20
variatio 21 - canone alla settima
variatio 22 - alla breve
variatio 23
variatio 24 - canone all'ottava
variatio 25 - adagio
variatio 26
variatio 27 - canone alla nona
variatio 28
variatio 29
variatio 30 - quodlibet
aria da capo

In this new stage we have begun at Glossa this year, where we exclusively present recordings that contribute something new while aspiring to last in the music lover’s memory and evade the implacable onslaught of the new market rules –in other words, where we raise even higher our already demanding quality standards–, introducing a new version of the Goldberg Variations would seem a risky venture, to say the least. But we assure you that, were we not certain of its success, we would not have launched this project.

The recording speaks for itself, and it is only a matter of months before it shares the Olympus of the Goldberg with Gould, Leonhardt, Tureck, and Hantaï. This is so because, difficult as it may seem, Bonizzoni manages to offer a new perspective which avoids all straining after effects and extravagance to present a magical, intelligent, subtle, solid, coherent, and current version. And everything cooperates to induce with this masterpiece the intellectual pleasure which only the greatest works of art can prompt: the music, the performance, the sound, the presentation (being featured in Platinum, our most contemporary collection, is quite a statement in itself), the essays... essays deserving a mention of their own, because both Stefano Russomanno and Reduán Ortega also achieve the almost unattainable: to further enrich the magical halo surrounding the best composition of all times.