Quatuor Ardeo – Bach: Goldberg Variations (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Quatuor Ardeo – Bach: Goldberg Variations (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:06 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © IBS Classical

To be sure, Bach’s Goldberg Variations are intimately, profoundly, a technical work for the harpsichord: in fact, for two harpsichords. But the notes are pure music, and there is nothing stopping artists playing them with, for example, a string quartet. And that is what the Ardeo Quartet is doing here, with great conviction, in a version signed by François Meimoun, which has already been performed in concert many times over. Meimoun, of course, doesn’t “change” a single note, a pitch, a rhythm, a line: rather, he is working on the discourse here, in order to make it a piece for string quartet in every minute, intimate detail. And his effort really pays off, as the “harpsichord” aspect of the work doesn’t show through at all. As a number of the variations are written for two voices, he has fun with supplementary pizzicati and switching from one instrument to another: it’s a real four-hander. It is a safe bet that the listener, including listeners who know the Goldberg Variations by heart – but on harpsichord – will discover countless counterpoints and even a few hidden jokes from Bach which don’t come through on the harpsichord(s).

Tracklist:

1-01. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Aria (03:58)
1-02. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 1 (01:53)
1-03. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 2 (01:36)
1-04. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 3, Canone all’unisuono (02:07)
1-05. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 4 (01:00)
1-06. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 5 (01:37)
1-07. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 6, Canone alla seconda (01:41)
1-08. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 7 (02:34)
1-09. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 8 (02:04)
1-10. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 9, Canone alla terza (02:11)
1-11. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 10, Fughetta (01:31)
1-12. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 11 (02:00)
1-13. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 12, Canone alla quarta (02:02)
1-14. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 13 (04:51)
1-15. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 14 (02:09)
1-16. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 15, Canone alla quinta (04:26)
1-17. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 16, Ouverture (02:57)
1-18. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 17 (02:16)
1-19. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 18, Canone alla sesta (01:40)
1-20. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 19 (01:18)
1-21. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 20 (02:08)
1-22. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 21, Canone alla settima (03:10)
1-23. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 22, Alla breve (01:17)
1-24. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 23 (02:15)
1-25. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 24, Canone all’ottava (02:32)
1-26. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 25 (08:17)
1-27. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 26 (01:58)
1-28. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 27, Canone alla nona (02:08)
1-29. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 28 (02:12)
1-30. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 29 (02:36)
1-31. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Var. 30, Quodlibet (01:53)
1-32. Quatuor Ardeo – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. F. Meïmoun for String Quartet): Aria da capo (02:34)

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