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巴哈:郭德堡變奏曲
杜天奇 鋼琴

For his first appearance under the naive label, the Chinese pianist Tianqi Du majestically embraces a monument for keyboard, the Goldberg Variations. His pianistic interpretation of Bach's masterpiece affirms the principle of metamorphosis, always reinventing but never altering, emphasising all the resources of the instrument. A compulsory piece for all keyboardists – and even other instrumentalists, if you count the many transcriptions they have undergone – the Goldberg Variations never sound the same. The voice rendered here by Tianqi Du – a young pianist taught and admired in his home country of China before studying with Meng-Chieh Liu at Boston's New England Conservatory and now with Nicolas Hodges – is that of a dear, benevolent friend who always stood close by while he was growing up: "My encounter with the Goldberg Variations was like a musical compass that showed me the way," he confides. "Bach has been a friend, a mentor and a saviour in my hours of doubt and confusion."

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CD1
1 aria 4''57
2 var. i: a 1 clavier 2''04
3 var. ii: a 1 clavier 1''40
4 var. iii: canone all''unisono a 1 clavier 2''15
5 var. iv: a 1 clavier 1''09
6 var. v: a 1 ovvero 2 claviere 1''28
7 var. vi: canone alla seconda a 1 clavier 1''19
8 var. vii: a 1 ovvero 2 claviere, al tempo di giga 2''15
9 var. viii: a 2 claviere 1''58
10 var. ix: canone alla terza a 1 clavier 1''54
11 var. x: fughetta a 1 clavier 1''38
12 var. xi: a 2 claviere 2''04
13 var. xii: canone alla quarta a 1 clavier 2''28
14 var. xiii: a 2 claviere 5''37
15 var. xiv: a 2 claviere 2''12
16 var. xv: canone alla quinta a 1 clavier 4''20

CD2
1 var. xvi: ouverture a 1 clavier 3''27
2 var. xvii: a 2 claviere 2''06
3 var. xviii: canone alla sesta a 1 clavier 1''41
4 var. xix: a 1 clavier 1''37
5 var. xx: a 2 claviere 1''58
6 var. xxi: canone alla settima a 1 clavier 3''04
7 var. xxii: alla breve a 1 clavier 1''30
8 var. xxiii: a 2 claviere 2''04
9 var. xxiv: canone all''ottava a 1 clavier 2''45
10 var. xxv: a 2 claviere 10''46
11 var. xxvi: a 2 claviere 1''59
12 var. xxvii: canone alla nona a 2 claviere 1''53
13 var. xxviii: a 2 claviere 2''15
14 var. xxix: a 1 ovvero 2 claviere 2''01
15 var. xxx: quodlibet a 1 clavier 1''49
16 aria da capo 7''14