Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
by Johann Sebastian Bach
PianoHarpsichordBaroqueTheme and Variations~75 minprofessional
A monumental set of an aria and thirty variations, originally composed for two-manual harpsichord. Every third variation is a canon at increasing intervals. The work demands encyclopedic keyboard technique and profound musical understanding.
Editions
Henle Verlag
Rudolf Steglich, 1977
Urtext edition with fingerings by Rolf Koenen. Includes a thorough critical report on source discrepancies.
★★★★★
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Bärenreiter
Christoph Wolff, 1977
Part of the Neue Bach-Ausgabe. Scholarly edition with detailed historical notes.
★★★★★
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