Tzimon Barto – Goldberg Variations (Busoni Transcription) (CD Album)

UPC: 845221052434

Overview

Pianist Tzimon Barto offers a uniquely virtuosic interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations, transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni, on this 2015 Capriccio Digital release. Recorded live at Vienna’s Casino Baumgarten in May 2014, Barto’s commanding technique and expressive depth bring fresh brilliance to the Aria, thirty variations—including all nine canons—and the closing Quodlibet, plus Bach’s chorale prelude “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” BWV 659.

Product Features

• Format: CD, Album
• Label & Catalog: Capriccio Digital – C5243 (LC 08748)
• Country of Release: Europe (Made in Austria)
• Release Year: 2015
• Genre: Classical (Keyboard Transcriptions)
• Arrangement: Ferruccio Busoni’s transcription of BWV 988
• Recording: Live digital stereo (DDD) at Casino Baumgarten, Vienna; May 13–14, 2014
• Production: Johannes Kernmayer; Recording supervision by Ivan Paley; Engineering by Martin Klebahn

Track Listing

1. Aria
2. Variatio 1
3. Variatio 2
4. Variatio 3 – Canone all’Unisono
5. Variatio 4
6. Variatio 5
7. Variatio 6 – Canone alla Seconda
8. Variatio 7
9. Variatio 8
10. Variatio 9 – Canone alla Terza
11. Variatio 10 – Fughetta
12. Variatio 11
13. Variatio 12 – Canone alla Quarta
14. Variatio 13
15. Variatio 14
16. Variatio 15 – Canone alla Quinta Andante
17. Variatio 16 – Ouverture
18. Variatio 17
19. Variatio 18 – Canone alla Sesta
20. Variatio 19
21. Variatio 20
22. Variatio 21 – Canone alla Settima
23. Variatio 22 – Alla Breve
24. Variatio 23
25. Variatio 24 – Canone all’Ottava
26. Variatio 25
27. Variatio 26
28. Variatio 27 – Canone alla Nona
29. Variatio 28
30. Variatio 29
31. Variatio 30 – Quodlibet
32. Aria (Da Capo)
33. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Chorale Prelude BWV 659)

Publishers and Artists

• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Transcription: Ferruccio Busoni
• Piano: Tzimon Barto
• Recording Supervision: Ivan Paley
• Recording Engineer: Martin Klebahn (4tune Studios)
• Producer: Johannes Kernmayer
• Cover Photo: “Barto’s Eye” by Felix Mayr (irisfoto.de)

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