JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Goldberg Variations

01 Aria
02 Variatio 1 (a 1 Clav.)
03 Variatio 2 (a 1 Clav.)
04 Variatio 3 - Canone all’unisono (a 1 Clav.)
05 Variatio 4 (a 1 Clav.)
06 Variatio 5 (a 1 o vero 2 Clav.)
07 Variatio 6 - Canone alla seconda (a 1 Clav.)
08 Variatio 7 - Al tempo di giga (a 1 o vero 2 Clav.)
09 Variatio 8 (a 2 Clav.)
10 Variatio 9 - Canone alla terza (a 1 Clav.)
11 Variatio 10 - Fughetta (a 1 Clav.)
12 Variatio 11 (a 2 Clav.)
13 Variatio 12 - Canone alla quarta (a 1 Clav.)
14 Variatio 13 (a 2 Clav.)
15 Variatio 14 (a 2 Clav.)
16 Variatio 15 - Canone alla quinta (in moto contrario) (a 1 Clav.)
17 Variatio 16 - Ouverture (a 1 Clav.)
18 Variatio 17 (a 2 Clav.)
19 Variatio 18 - Canone alla sesta (a 1 Clav.)
20 Variatio 19 (a 1 Clav.)
21 Variatio 20 (a 2 Clav.)
22 Variatio 21 - Canone alla settima (a 1 Clav.)
23 Variatio 22 - Alla breve (a 1 Clav.)
24 Variatio 23 (a 2 Clav.)
25 Variatio 24 - Canone all’ottava (a 1 Clav.)
26 Variatio 25 - Adagio (a 2 Clav.)
27 Variatio 26 (a 1 Clav.)
28 Variatio 27 - Canone alla nona (a 1 Clav.)
29 Variatio 28 (a 2 Clav.)
30 Variatio 29 (a 1 o vero 2 Clav.)
31 Variatio 30 - Quodlibet (a 1 Clav.)
32 Aria da capo e fine

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About this CD

Ignacio Prego is a leading member of the rising generation of Spanish early music specialists, which numbers existing Glossa recording artists such as Fahmi Alqhai and Josetxu Obregón. Prego has already been securing for himself a very busy concert schedule across Europe, the US and Asia, and he is frequently to be heard performing harpsichord concertos with ensembles such as the Portland Baroque Orchestra or The English Concert, collaborating with eminent musicians such as Monica Huggett and Nicholas McGegan, or giving solo harpsichord recitals, where he is able to demonstrate his special preference for the works of JS Bach.

This new recording of the Bach Goldberg Variations represents Prego’s third solo recital on CD, but his first for Glossa. Heard playing a splendid copy of a 1738 Christian Vater harpsichord on this Federico Prieto-engineered recording, Ignacio Prego illustrates perfectly the points put forward in scholar David Schulenberg’s essay for the booklet, in which particular emphasis is placed on Bach’s threefold “cycling” of the 30 variations, each time combining one free variation, one duet and a canon. Fine photographs from Noah Shaye round up a new inspiring Glossa title.

The release of this recording will precede various international performances from Prego, including two US tours, first in November 2016 and then in March 2017, at venues such as the Benaroya Hall in Seattle and the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.