Elena Valentini & Matteo Liva - Bach-Rheinberger: The Goldberg Variations 1883 (Arranged for Two Pianos) (2023)

The 19th-century reclamation of Bach’s music, spearhead by Mendelssohn and then Schumann, was later to be further developed most famously by Ferruccio Busoni. However, another key figure was composer and organist Joseph Rheinberger, whose arrangement for two pianos of the Goldberg Variations was made in the spring of 1883. Noting that the work had been ‘the object more of theoretical appreciation than musical performance’ Rheinberger sought to clarify its imitative polyphony and where he felt it necessary, added new parts of his own writing to the original score, to create a viable Bach-Rheinberger composition.

Tracklist
01. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Aria
02. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 1
03. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 2
04. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 3, Canone all'unisuono
05. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 4
06. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 5
07. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 6, Canone alla seconda
08. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 7
09. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 8
10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 9, Canone alla terza
11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 10, Fughetta
12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 11
13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 12, Canone alla quarta
14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 13
15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 14
16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 15, Canone alla quinta
17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 16, Ouverture
18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 17
19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 18, Canone alla sexta
20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 19
21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 20
22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 21, Canone alla settima
23. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 22
24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 23
25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 24, Canone all'ottava
26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 25
27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 26
28. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 27, Canone alla nona
29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 28
30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 29
31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger): Var. 30, Quodlibet