Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S.Bach: Goldberg Variations Reimagined [Hybrid SACD]

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premiera polska: 2023-10-20
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Bach’s extraordinary set of 30 variations have been arranged multiple times, but no-one has yet attempted to imagine how Bach himself would have transformed the Goldbergs for an ensemble in line with his Musical Offering.
Employing a variety of instrumental combinations from a typical Bach ensemble of single strings, oboe, flute, bassoon and harpsichord, these newly-crafted Goldbergs illuminate this well-worn journey with exquisite responses to the genres expressed in Bach’s scores: from aria to overture, fugue to trio sonata, and concerto to quodlibet, the variations take flight in ways which would have graced his Sunday coffee concerts in Leipzig in the 1730s – and which transform the listening experience for today’s audience.
This arrangement was originally commissioned by Rachel Podger’s own Brecon Baroque Festival.

BBC Music Magazine * * * * *
Through a diversity of genres – aria, concerto, fugue, overture and trio sonata – Bach’s music is imbued with timbral and textural elegance and profundity. Kelly ’s varied instrumental juxtapositions and their resultant sonorities, together with Brecon Baroque’s usual stylish and impeccable playing , make one reluctant to identify highlights.

The Guardian
Heard “blind”, you might mistake it for an extra Brandenburg concerto – no bad thing. Podger is a supreme baroque player, and this is a bold and different way to think about Bach’s unfathomable genius.

The Arts Desk
The results are beguiling and hugely entertaining, this Bach outward-looking and approachable. It’s difficult not to grin when you hear the winds chuntering away in Variation 2, bassoonist Inga Klaucke’s bass lines tossed off with insouciant ease. Podger instinctively knows when to step back and let the other voices speak…A fabulous disc, beautifully recorded.

muzycy:
Rachel Podger (violin)
Brecon Baroque
Chad Kelly: conductor

utwory:
J S Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV988

wydano: 20th Oct 2023
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