These Goldberg Variations present new perspectives on a well-known score. Danish composer Peter Navarro-Alonso’s composition is a note-by-note reinvention of the original Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach. Thus Alpha’s innovative performance adds no additional notes in comparison to the original. It is merely through the very creative and extreme orchestration that the new composition gains its own life. “The combination of recorder, saxophone and percussion is clearly not very well suited to a baroque-style reorchestration,” claims Peter Navarro-Alonso, responsible for this arrangement tailor made for the members of Alpha. “But the richness in that combination lies in its enormous diversity in timbre and dynamics.” Alpha is a unique Danish ensemble, founded by Bolette Roed, Peter Navarro-Alonso, and David Hildebrandt, who all graduated from the soloist class at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen. As early as 2003, they were the first to explore this instrument combination, attracted by its many possibilities. Alpha was an immediate success, and have been prize-winners at contests and festivals all over Europe.
Tracklist:
01. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Aria
02. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 1
03. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 2
04. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 3, Canone all’unisuono
05. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 4
06. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 5
07. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 6, Canone alla seconda
08. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 7
09. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 8
10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 9, Canone alla terza
11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 10, Fughetta
12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 11
13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 12, Canone alla quarta
14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 13
15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 14
16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 15, Canone alla quinta
17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 16, Ouverture
18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 17
19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 18, Canone alla sexta
20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 19
21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 20
22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 21, Canone alla settima
23. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 22, Alla breve
24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 23
25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 24, Canone all’ottava
26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 25
27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 26
28. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 27, Canone alla nona
29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 28
30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 29
31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 30, Quodlibet
32. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Aria da capo
Personnel:
Bolette Roed, recorder
Peter Navarro-Alonso, saxophone
David Hildebrandt, percussion
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