In one of his pensées, Pascal says, “That man lives between the abyss of the infinitely large and the abyss of the infinitely small. The voyage of variations leads to the other infinitude, into the infinite diversity of the interior world lying hidden in all things.” Bill leads us on this voyage through a theme and its variations. We start and end the week by listening to Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
Variations
Playlist
Episode 1
Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonata, Op 5 No. 12 in D minor Excerpt
Andrew Manze Richard Egarr
Harmonia mundi 907298
1:46
Bach, JS: Goldberg Variations (excerpts from)
Glenn Gould, piano
The GoldBerg Variations
CBS MYK-38479
5:06
Bach, JS: Chaconne from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004
Nathan Milstein, violin
Last Recital
Teldec 95998-2
12:39
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata Op.111, III
Artur Schnabel, piano
Complete Piano Sonatas
Phi 456961-2 (2)
16:15
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No. 4, IV
Berlin Phil/ Karajan
Symphony No. 4
DG 427497-2
10:35
Bach, JS: Goldberg Variations (excerpts from)
Glenn Gould, piano
The GoldBerg Variations
CBS MYK-38479
2:20
Bach, JS: Goldberg Variations (excerpts from)
Glenn Gould, piano
The GoldBerg Variations
CBS MYK-38479
0:31
Episode 2
Paganini, Niccolò: Caprice No. 24
Michael Rabin, violin
Paganini: Concerto No. 1/ Wieniawski: Concerto No.1
EMI/ANG CDM7-64560-2
4:24
Blacher, Boris: Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Vienna Phil/ Solti
Enigma Variations; Kodaly, Blacher, Solti, Vienna
LON 452853-2
14:13
Lutoslawski, Witold: Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Martha Argerich, Nelson Friere, pianos
Marthat Argerich/ Nelson Friere on 2 Pianos
Phi- 411034-2 Phi- 446557-2 (2
5:07
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Rhapsody on theme of Paganini
Philhar-monia Orch/ Haitink; Ashkenazy piano
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.1/ Rhapsody On a Theme of Paganini
Decca 417 613 2
23:57
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 (excerpt)
Claudio Arrau, piano
Schumann: Kinderzenen/ Brahms: Paganini Variations Op. 35
Phi – 456706-2 (2)
2:13
Episode 3
Haydn, Joseph: String Quartet, Op. 76 No.3 (excerpt)
Emerson String Quartet
String Quartets Op. 76, Nos 1, 2 & 3
DG 427657-2
6:34
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op.56a
Scottish Chamber Orch/ Mackerras
Symphony No.2 in D major/ Variations On a Theme by Haydn
Telarc 80450 (3)
17:07
Ginastera, Alberto: Variaciones Concertantes
Royal Phil/ Diemecke
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2
Inter-sound 2887
24:14
Arban, Jean-Baptiste: The Carnival of Venice (excerpt)
Sergei Nakaria-kov, trumpet; Alexander Markovich piano
Trumpet Works
Teldec 77705-2
1:48
Episode 4
Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonata No. 12 in D Minor “Folia”
Andrew Manze, violin; Richard Egarr, harpsichord
Violin Sonatas, Op.5
HMU 907298.99 (2)
12:05
Mozart, Wolfgang: Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331 (excerpt)
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Vladimir Horowitz Live at Carnegie Hall
Sony S3K 53461 (3)
7:17
Elgar, Edvard: Enigma Variations
Philhar-monia Orch/ Barbi-rolli
Enigma Variations / Flastaff
EMI 69185
30:22
Episode 5
Strauss, Richard: Don Quixote (excerpts from)
Orchestra of the Metro-politan Opera/ Levine
Don Quixote / Tod und Verklärung Death and Transfiguration
DG 447762-2
2:04
Strauss, Richard: Don Quixote (excerpts from)
Orchestra of the Metro-politan Opera/ Levine
Don Quixote / Tod und Verklärung Death and Transfiguration
DG 447762-2
20:32
Strauss, Richard: Don Quixote (excerpts from)
Orchestra of the Metro-politan Opera/ Levine
Don Quixote / Tod und Verklärung Death and Transfiguration
DG 447762-2
0:36
Bach, JS: Goldberg Varia-tions (excerpts from)
Glenn Gould, piano
A State of Wonder – Goldberg Variations
Sony S3K-87703(3)
26:06