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The variations played as they were intended, on the two manual harpsichord:
1.Aria 0:00
2.Variation 1. a 1 Clav. 4:35
3.Variation 2. a 1 Clav. 6:23
4.Variation 3. Canone all’Unisono. a 1 Clav. 8:06
5.Variation 4. a 1 Clav. 10:39
6.Variation 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. 11:40
7.Variation 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav. 13:09
8.Variation 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. al tempo di Giga 14:20
9.Variation 8. a 2 Clav. 16:02
10.Variation 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav. 18:08
11.Variation 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav. 20:28
12.Variation 11. a 2 Clav. 21:57
13.Variation 12 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta in moto contrario 24:07
14.Variation 13. a 2 Clav. 26:22
15.Variation 14. a 2 Clav. 30:40
16.Variation 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.: Andante 33:02
17.Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav. 37:46
18.Variation 17. a 2 Clav. 40:11
19.Variation 18. Canone alla Sesta. a 1 Clav. 41:53
20.Variation 19. a 1 Clav. 43:28
21.Variation 20. a 2 Clav. 44:42
22.Variation 21. Canone alla Settima 47:11
23.Variation 22. a 1 Clav. alla breve 50:06
24.Variation 23. a 2 Clav. 51:27
25.Variation 24. Canone all’Ottava. a 1 Clav. 53:39
26.Variation 25. a 2 Clav. Adagio 56:10
27.Variation 26. a 2 Clav. 1:04:37
28.Variation 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav. 1:06:30
29.Variation 28. a 2 Clav. 1:08:06
30.Variation 29. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. 1:10:13
31.Variation 30. a 1 Clav. Quodlibet 1:12:20
32.Aria da Capo e Fine 1:14:25
Glenn Gould’s 1981 performance of the first 7 variations. His tempo for the opening Aria is very different: what do you think of it?
# 0:00 Aria # 2:53 Variation 1 # 4:03 Variation 2
# 4:53 Variation 3 # 6:24 Variation 4
# 7:14 Variation 5 # 7:50 Variation 6 # 8:31 Variation 7
András Schiff – a fine performance and watch the hands in variation 8!
- 0:11: Aria da Capo
- 3:59 Variation 1
- 5:56 Variation 2
- 7:23 Variation 3
- 9:35 Variation 4
- 10:41 Variation 5
- 12:11 Variation 6
- 13:37 Variation 7
- 15:12 Variation 8
- 17:00 Variation 9
- 18:33 Variation 10
- 20:20 Variation 11
- 22:27 Variation 12
- 24:32 Variation 13
- 29:07 Variation 14
- 31:09 Variation 15
- 35:29 Variation 16
- 38:13 Variation 17
- 40:25 Variation 18
- 41:52 Variation 19
- 43:15 Variation 20
- 45:06 Variation 21
- 47:09 Variation 22
- 49:26 Variation 23
- 51:38 Variation 24
- 54:00 Variation 25
- 1:01:21 Variation 26
- 1:03:32 Variation 27
- 1:05:17 Variation 28
- 1:08:13 Variation 29
- 1:10:07 Variation 30 (Quodlibet)
- 1:11:30 Aria da Capo
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