WDR Big Band – Ariabesques – WDR Big Band Plays Bach (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

WDR Big Band – Ariabesques – WDR Big Band Plays Bach (2023)
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With “Ariabesques,” Bill Dobbins and the WDR Big Band have brought Johann Sebastian Bach”s “Goldberg Variations” to life once again. Originally composed for the two-manual harpsichord, Dobbins has managed to create an impressive version for big band by swapping repetitive notes with short rests. By fusing the original melodies and the most important notes of the bass lines with impressive solos, the Bachian characteristics form a stringent basis that creates original sound impressions with funky jazz elements.

American composer, pianist, jazz educator and conductor Bill Dobbins has collaborated with several popular musicians* of different genres in his career and has taught several times at the Eastman School of Music. Bill Dobbins first came into contact with the renowned WDR Big Band in Cologne in the 1990s and led the band as principal conductor from 1994-2002. For years, the line-up of the WDR Big Band has included international star musicians such as Karolina Strassmayer and Ludwig Nuss.

In 2007, the WDR Big Band received its first Grammy and has many other recognized successes to its credit. The “Goldberg Variations” are not the first compositions by Bach that Bill Dobbins and the WDR Big Band have dared to tackle. Already in 2010, the conductor and the big band released a jazz version of Bach”s “Christmas Oratorio” with the well-known ensemble “The King”s Singers”. With “Ariabesques” Bill Dobbins has succeeded in making Bach”s “Goldberg Variations” a new experience. The WDR Bigband takes you on a harmonic journey of sound that enchants music laymen and offers a musical challenge to music connoisseurs.

Tracklist:
1-1. WDR Big Band – Aria (03:54)
1-2. WDR Big Band – Variation 1 (02:52)
1-3. WDR Big Band – Variation 2 (02:40)
1-4. WDR Big Band – Variation 3 (02:48)
1-5. WDR Big Band – Variation 4 (02:53)
1-6. WDR Big Band – Variation 5 (02:30)
1-7. WDR Big Band – Variation 6 (03:18)
1-8. WDR Big Band – Variation 7 (02:59)
1-9. WDR Big Band – Variation 8 (02:07)
1-10. WDR Big Band – Variation 9 (02:51)
1-11. WDR Big Band – Variation 10 (02:14)
1-12. WDR Big Band – Variation 11 (02:29)
1-13. WDR Big Band – Variation 12 (02:50)
1-14. WDR Big Band – Variation 13 (03:30)
1-15. WDR Big Band – Variation 14 (02:43)
1-16. WDR Big Band – Variation 15 (02:35)
2-17. WDR Big Band – Variation 16 (03:12)
2-18. WDR Big Band – Variation 17 (02:49)
2-19. WDR Big Band – Variation 18 (02:57)
2-20. WDR Big Band – Variation 19 (03:07)
2-21. WDR Big Band – Variation 20 (02:47)
2-22. WDR Big Band – Variation 21 (02:55)
2-23. WDR Big Band – Variation 22 (02:21)
2-24. WDR Big Band – Variation 23 (02:54)
2-25. WDR Big Band – Variation 24 (03:12)
2-26. WDR Big Band – Variation 25 (03:53)
2-27. WDR Big Band – Variation 26 (03:05)
2-28. WDR Big Band – Variation 27 (03:01)
2-29. WDR Big Band – Variation 28 (03:21)
2-30. WDR Big Band – Variation 29 (03:15)
2-31. WDR Big Band – Variation 30 (02:14)
2-32. WDR Big Band – Aria (Finale) (03:44)

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