Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-?bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Aria da capo
J.S. Bach's apparently infinite resourcefulness of invention, as manifested by his enormously prolific output, is perhaps best summarized by one work: The Goldberg Variations. Oboist Dmitri Bulgakov became convinced of th... more »e capacity for the keyboard original to be arranged for a homogeneous quartet featuring the oboe. Composer Andrei Eshpai was approached with this proposal, and the whole concept came to fruition in the form the listener hears on this disc.« less
J.S. Bach's apparently infinite resourcefulness of invention, as manifested by his enormously prolific output, is perhaps best summarized by one work: The Goldberg Variations. Oboist Dmitri Bulgakov became convinced of the capacity for the keyboard original to be arranged for a homogeneous quartet featuring the oboe. Composer Andrei Eshpai was approached with this proposal, and the whole concept came to fruition in the form the listener hears on this disc.