{"product_id":"j-s-bach-goldberg-variations-arr-robin-oneill","title":"J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (arr. Robin O'Neill) - Philharmonia Orchestra (Hybrid SACD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBach's music has always attracted arrangers and orchestrators - such as Stokowski, Elgar and Busoni, to name just three. Regardless of it's original version, Bach's music has an expressive power, drama and architectural logic that lend themselves well to expanded orchestral sonorities. Bassoonist and conductor Robin O'Neill buried his head in the Goldberg Variations, which he had discovered through Glenn Gould's recordings, during the first months of the Covid lockdown. Soon after that, the idea of making an arrangement for orchestra began to obsess him as he began hearing instrumental and orchestral sonorities in the keyboard work. Since the main challenge was to reclothe the music without damaging the subtle intricacy of the piece, and after much thought and experimentation, O'Neill chose instruments that Bach himself would have recognized for the solo parts. His reinterpretation of the Goldberg Variations offers a mixture of full orchestral variations interspersed with concertante ones involving two, three or four solo instruments, at times close to St Matthew Passion-style writing.Completed during a difficult period, this arrangement was made, in the words of O'Neill, in the hope that it expresses the joy and solace that Bach's music gives both performer and listener.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoldberg Variations\u003cbr\u003e1\u003cbr\u003eAria\u003cbr\u003e3'53\u003cbr\u003e2\u003cbr\u003eVariation 1\u003cbr\u003e1'36\u003cbr\u003e3\u003cbr\u003eVariation 2\u003cbr\u003e1'09\u003cbr\u003e4\u003cbr\u003eVariation 3. Canone all Unisono\u003cbr\u003e2'06\u003cbr\u003e5\u003cbr\u003eVariation 4\u003cbr\u003e0'56\u003cbr\u003e6\u003cbr\u003eVariation 5\u003cbr\u003e1'39\u003cbr\u003e7\u003cbr\u003eVariation 6. Canone alla Seconda\u003cbr\u003e0'52\u003cbr\u003e8\u003cbr\u003eVariation 7. Al tempo di Giga\u003cbr\u003e1'52\u003cbr\u003e9\u003cbr\u003eVariation 8\u003cbr\u003e2'01\u003cbr\u003e10\u003cbr\u003eVariation 9. Canone alla Terza\u003cbr\u003e1'20\u003cbr\u003e11\u003cbr\u003eVariation 10. Fughetta\u003cbr\u003e1'21\u003cbr\u003e12\u003cbr\u003eVariation 11\u003cbr\u003e2'15\u003cbr\u003e13\u003cbr\u003eVariation 12. Canone alla Quarta\u003cbr\u003e2'11\u003cbr\u003e14\u003cbr\u003eVariation 13\u003cbr\u003e5'24\u003cbr\u003e15\u003cbr\u003eVariation 14\u003cbr\u003e2'25\u003cbr\u003e16\u003cbr\u003eVariation 15. Canone alla Quinta: Andante\u003cbr\u003e2'25\u003cbr\u003e17\u003cbr\u003eVariation 16. Ouverture\u003cbr\u003e2'44\u003cbr\u003e18\u003cbr\u003eVariation 17\u003cbr\u003e2'01\u003cbr\u003e19\u003cbr\u003eVariation 18. Canone alla Sesta\u003cbr\u003e1'20\u003cbr\u003e20\u003cbr\u003eVariation 19\u003cbr\u003e1'06\u003cbr\u003e21\u003cbr\u003eVariation 20\u003cbr\u003e2'29\u003cbr\u003e22\u003cbr\u003eVariation 21. Canone alla Settima\u003cbr\u003e2'22\u003cbr\u003e23\u003cbr\u003eVariation 22. Alla breve\u003cbr\u003e1'06\u003cbr\u003e24\u003cbr\u003eVariation 23\u003cbr\u003e2'37\u003cbr\u003e25\u003cbr\u003eVariation 24. Canone all'Ottava\u003cbr\u003e2'26\u003cbr\u003e26\u003cbr\u003eVariation 25. Adagio\u003cbr\u003e8'41\u003cbr\u003e27\u003cbr\u003eVariation 26\u003cbr\u003e1'59\u003cbr\u003e28\u003cbr\u003eVariation 27. Canone alla Nona\u003cbr\u003e2'07\u003cbr\u003e29\u003cbr\u003eVariation 28\u003cbr\u003e2'23\u003cbr\u003e30\u003cbr\u003eVariation 29\u003cbr\u003e2'16\u003cbr\u003e31\u003cbr\u003eVariation 30. Quodlibet\u003cbr\u003e1'54\u003cbr\u003e32\u003cbr\u003eAria da Capo al Fine\u003cbr\u003e2'03\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BIS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50173890429178,"sku":"BIS-2658","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/4365208-3225902.jpg?v=1788022356","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/products\/j-s-bach-goldberg-variations-arr-robin-oneill","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}