J.S.Bach, Wanda Landowska, Harpsichord Goldberg Theme & Variations BWV 988 (Historical Recording)

Johann Sebastian Bach [*1685 -1750]
'Keyboard Works' - Harpsichord
Aria & Variations BWV 988 'Goldberg Variations'
(First published 1741)

Performer: Wanda Landowska, Harpsichord
[She was the first person to record Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations on the Harpsichord (1931)]
Source: [https://archive.org/]

«Wanda Alexandra Landowska (*5 July 1879 ~16 August 1959) was a Polish (later a naturalized French citizen) harpsichordist whose performances, teaching, recordings and writings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in the early 20th century. She was the first person to record Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations on the Harpsichord (1931).»
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_La...

{ "Almost needless to say, the playing is full of vigorous gestures and individual ideas. She was no respecter of text and there are little repeats here and there which are no more indicated than they are necessary. Yet such matters seem something of an irrelevance, since they only reflect an attitude of the time adopted by a celebrated pioneer of the harpsichord revival in the twentieth century. No, what charms me in Landowska's recital is her affecting poetic insight into Scarlatti's music; she is not just rediscovering the proper conjunction of composer and instrument, she believes in it and feels it intensely.[5]"
"She always played the music "as written" with the result that a series of fast notes did not sound like "bundles of them" (North 1700) but like a sewing machine. Thanks to her wide influence this blight can be heard in her pupils to this day." Text by Sol Babitz }

Theme & Variations
01. Aria (Theme)
02. Variatio 1 a 1 Clav.
03. Variatio 2 a 1 Clav.
04. Variatio 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all' Unisuono
05. Variatio 4 a 1 Clav.
06. Variatio 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
07. Variatio 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda
08. Variatio 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
09. Variatio 8 a 2 Clav.
10. Variatio 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza
11. Variatio 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta
12. Variatio 11 a 2 Clav.
13. Variatio 12 Canone alla Quarta
14. Variatio 13 a 2 Clav.
15. Variatio 14 a 2 Clav.
16. Variatio 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta Andante
17. Variatio 16 a 1 Clav. Ouverture
18. Variatio 17 a 2 Clav.
19. Variatio 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta
20. Variatio 19 a 1 Clav.
21. Variatio 20 a 2 Clav.
22. Variatio 21 Canone alla Settima
23. Variatio 22 a 1 Clav. Alla breve
24. Variatio 23 a 2 Clav.
25. Variatio 24 Canone all' Ottava
26. Variatio 25 a 2 Clav.
27. Variatio 26 a 2 Clav.
28. Variatio 27 a 2 Clav. Canone alla Nona
29. Variatio 28 a 2 Clav.
30. Variatio 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
31. Variatio 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
32. Aria da capo

Victor 78rpm Album DM 1022 (11-8933 - 11-8938)
Recorded in New York, June, 1945
Digital transfer by F. Reeder (High bit rate)

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