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CCSSA44923
Originally recorded in October 2023
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Imagining how Bach himself might have transformed the Goldbergs Variationsfor a chamber group, Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque present a pioneering new arrangement of the Goldberg Variationsby Chad Kelly. Employing a variety of instrumental combinations from a typical Bach ensemble of single strings, oboe, flute, bassoon and harpsichord, these newly-crafted Goldbergs illuminate exquisite responses to the various historical genres inherent in Bach’s scores. This beloved masterpiece was composed through a period of personal tumult for Bach; two unsuccessful job applications, the premature death of his son Gottfried, and criticism of his music in a prominent Hamburg publication. Bach’s outpouring of beauty in the Goldberg Variations has long captured audience’s imaginations - Chad Kelly, Rachel Podger and her fleet Brecon Baroque preserve the work’s exquisite intricacy whilst adding breadth, texture and colour to its emotional backdrop. This revisioning of Bach’s Goldberg Variations is a perfect transformation of the work for the modern era.
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“… Recorded in excellent sound by Channel and played superbly by all the members of the ensemble, there is little not to recommend about this disc…”
Classical CD Choice Best Discs of 2023
“…it is hardly a surprise that Rachel Podger and the Brecon Baroque provide a fascinating new take in this version by Chad Kelly. Podger’s playing is, of course, sui generis, and the recorded sound by Channel Classics is splendid.”
“An audacious rethinking of a Baroque masterpiece bears musical fruit.”
“… if you’re after finesse-filled joy and humanity coupled with whopping colouristic variety and cumulative power, Kelly’s is a new go-to.”
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“… Through a diversity of genres – aria, concerto, fugue, overture and trio sonata – Bach’s music is imbued with timbral and textural elegance and profundity. Kelly’s varied instrumental juxtapositions and their resultant sonorities, together with Brecon Baroque’s usual stylish and impeccable playing, make one reluctant to identify highlights…”
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