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Bach - Busoni: Goldberg Variations & Other Works
Bach - Busoni: Goldberg Variations & Other Works
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- Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: I. Largamente e cantatoComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: I. Largamente e cantato
02:12$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: II. Allegro con freschezza, e decisoComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: II. Allegro con freschezza, e deciso
00:59$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: III. Andantino, dolceComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: III. Andantino, dolce
00:47$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: IV. Lo stesso movimentoComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: IV. Lo stesso movimento
00:29$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: V. Allegro, non troppoComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: V. Allegro, non troppo
00:47$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: VI. Allegretto tranquilloComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: VI. Allegretto tranquillo
00:38$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: VII. Allegro scherzandoComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: VII. Allegro scherzando
00:59$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: VIII. AllegroComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: VIII. Allegro
01:01$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: IX. Alla breveComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: IX. Alla breve
00:55$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: X. Lostesso tempo, più vivaceComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: X. Lostesso tempo, più vivace
01:04$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XI. Andante con grazia [ossia]Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XI. Andante con grazia [ossia]
02:32$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XII. Allegro ritenutoComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XII. Allegro ritenuto
01:10$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XIII. Quasi adagioComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XIII. Quasi adagio
02:50$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XIV. Allegretto piacevoleComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XIV. Allegretto piacevole
00:48$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XV. Allegretto vivace [Variante des Herausgebers]Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XV. Allegretto vivace [Variante des Herausgebers]
01:07$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XVI. Alla breveComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XVI. Alla breve
00:40$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XVII. Non AllegroComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XVII. Non Allegro
01:12$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XVIII. AdagioComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XVIII. Adagio
04:35$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XIX. Allegro correnteComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XIX. Allegro corrente
01:02$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XX. Andante brillante [Version des Herausgebers]Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XX. Andante brillante [Version des Herausgebers]
01:19$2.30 - Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XXI. Allegro non troppo – Frisch und volkstümlich, doch nicht ohne Würde – Largamente (Aria)Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Goldberg Variations (‘Air with Thirty Variations’), BWV 988: XXI. Allegro non troppo – Frisch und volkstümlich, doch nicht ohne Würde – Largamente (Aria)
04:53$2.30 - Inversion of Variation 15 (Canone alla quinta) from Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988Composer(s) Chiyan WongArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Inversion of Variation 15 (Canone alla quinta) from Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
02:34$2.30 - Sonatina "in diem Nativitatis Christi MCMXVII" (No. 4), BV 274Composer(s) Ferruccio BusoniArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Sonatina "in diem Nativitatis Christi MCMXVII" (No. 4), BV 274
07:16$3.40 - Partita for Violin No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. ChaconneComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Chiyan Wong
Partita for Violin No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne
15:00$5.75
Total running time: 56 minutes.
Album information
Following his critically acclaimed debut Liszt Transfigured: Operatic Fantasies for Piano, which won the 40th Liszt Ferenc International Grand Prix du Disque in 2018, Chiyan Wong returns to record his second album for Linn.
Alongside the piano music of Liszt, the music of Ferruccio Busoni has been a guiding light for the young, eclectic pianist. Here Chiyan combines Busoni’s kaleidoscopic arrangement of Bach’s famous Goldberg Variations, which celebrates the powerful sonority and range of the modern concert grand, with Bach’s timeless original. Chiyan’s ‘dazzling technical finish’ (Gramophone) and luxuriant sound are on full display in Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s famous Chaconne, a classic in the genre. Inversion, mirroring and variations are also idiomatic devices in Busoni’s Sonatina ‘in diem Nativitatis Christi MCMXVII’ and Chiyan’s own ‘composition etude’, Inversion of Variation 15 (Canone alla quinta), which complete this one-of-a-kind programme.
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'This creation is emblematic of Wong’s artistic approach; insightful, elegant, and curious. His technique is beautiful, featuring the clear textures that are required for successful Bach, sensible pacing, and lovely tone.'
Fanfare
Artistic Quality 9 / Sound Quality 10: '... the aural equivalent of three-dimensional chess. I can only imagine Wong’s sophisticated artistry in other repertoire.'
Classics Today
'Wong is an exciting young pianist with an impressive ability to delineate contrapuntal lines ... it's well-executed, and it's clearly intriguing.'
All Music
'Wong has shown considerable courage and the result is really interesting because here we hear something really different from the usual.'
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