JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)

arranged for string trio by

DMITRY SITKOVETSKY (b1954)

Goldberg Variations

Goldberg Variations ‘Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen’ BWV988 arranged for string trio by DMITRI SITKOVETSKY

1 Aria

2 Variation 1

3 Variation 2

4 Variation 3

5 Variation 4

6 Variation 5

7 Variation 6

8 Variation 7

9 Variation 8

10 Variation 9

11 Variation 10

12 Variation 11

13 Variation 12

14 Variation 13

15 Variation 14

16 Variation 15

17 Variation 16

18 Variation 17

19 Variation 18

20 Variation 19

21 Variation 20

22 Variation 21

23 Variation 22

24 Variation 23

25 Variation 24

26 Variation 25

27 Variation 26

28 Variation 27

29 Variation 28

30 Variation 29

31 Variation 30 ‘Quodlibet’

32 Aria da capo

Leopold String Trio:

Isabelle van Keulen, violin

Lawrence Power, viola

Kate Gould, cello

The Goldberg Variations stands as one of the greatest keyboard works ever written. Composed for a two-manual harpsichord, its universal musical language and distinct voicing has made it a popular subject for arrangement, including those for two pianos by Joseph Rheinberger, for woodwind quartet by Andrei Eshpai, for organ by Jean Guillou, and for solo guitar by József Eötvös, as well as the brilliantly re-imagined Gilded Goldbergs by Robin Holloway. Dmitry Sitkovetsky’s arrangement was made in 1985 to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Bach’s birth, and it is dedicated to the memory of Glenn Gould, whose celebrated 1955 Columbia recording of the Goldberg Variations became an instant best-seller and introduced a whole generation to this extraordinary music. Sitovetsky’s arrangement produces fascinating and delightful results, especially in this vigorous and sensitive performance from the Leopold String Trio.

Hyperion Records CDA67826