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Johann Sebastian Bach; Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: The Goldberg Variations Bwv 988 - 1883 Arrangement For 2 Pianos

Matteo Liva; Elena Valentini

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDS8002

Release Date:  01 December 2023

Label:  Dynamic - Cd / Dynamic

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8007144080020

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

Composer/Series:  Johann Sebastian Bach; Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

  • Description

    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.