Reiko Fujisawa - Bach / Takemitsu: Goldberg Variations [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Bachx92s Goldberg Variations consists of an aria and 30 dazzling variations. The opening aria is a highly ornamented Sarabande. Melodic contour is wonderfully crafted as Bach explores a descending five-note pattern in a typically French style. However, from the first variation it becomes clear that melody is not the theme. Instead Bach produces variations on the bass line and its chord progression. In other words, it is a harmonic universe that Bach explores. The thirty variations are generally divided into three groups: dance, canon and arabesque. Every third variation in the set is a canon that increases by its intervallic answer, beginning at the unison until Variation 27 which is a canon at the ninth. This final canon is particularly impressive as Bach leaves out the bass line, leaving a x91purex92 canon between the upper voices. Such a feat is in itself a contrapuntal exercise in genius; more so as these variations are not heavy with cerebral skill, but instead, dance with sparkling lightness. Toru Takemitsu composed his Rain Tree Sketch II in 1992, in memory of Olivier Messiaen, the 'French composer who was a strong influence on Takemitsu. The title of the work was probably inspired by a quotation from a novel by Kenzaburo Oe, Atama no ii, Ame no Ki: 'it was named the x91rain treex92, for its abundant foliage continued to let fall rain drops from the previous nightx92s shower until the following midday. Its hundreds of thousands of tiny, finger-like leaves store up moisture, whereas other trees dry out at once.' The work is a dreamy meditation on the flow of life, and was Takemitsux92s last piano piece.

1. Aria

2. Variation 1

3. Variation 2

4. Variation 3

5. Variation 4

6. Variation 5

7. Variation 6

8. Variation 7

9. Variation 8

10. Variation 9

11. Variation 10

12. Variation 11

13. Variation 12

14. Variation 13

15. Variation 14

16. Variation 15

17. Variation 16

18. Variation 17

19. Variation 18

20. Variation 19

21. Variation 20

22. Variation 21

23. Variation 22

24. Variation 23

25. Variation 24

26. Variation 25

27. Variation 26

28. Variation 27

29. Variation 28

30. Variation 29

31. Variation 30

32. Aria Da Capo

33. Rain Tree Sketch II

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