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Quite a few musicians have arranged Bach's keyboard Goldberg Variations BWV 988, for ensemble, and it is not out of the question that the recycling-happy Bach might have done so himself. Exponents even include the jazz Jacques Loussier Trio. This release, by the quartet Nevermind for its own instrumentation of flute, violin, viola da gamba, and keyboards, at first seems like one of the less radical solutions to the problems that arise; the ensemble of flute, violin, and continuo was common enough in Bach's day, but as one listens, one is drawn into a scenario where the arrangement, which seems straightforward, is in fact anything but, and it would seem that the draw of his helped place the album on classical best-seller charts in early 2025. It is not just that a work meant for solitary keyboard performance is turned into an ensemble piece for outward display. One hears the continuo switch off among harpsichord and organ, something that wouldn't have happened with Bach as one of the performers. In those continuo arrangements, there are some harmonic moves that aren't in the original music, although they might be said to have been implicit in it. Most distinctive of all is the deployment of the music among the various instruments in consistently imaginative ways. The group states that "[i]n the course of our work on the project, we came to marvel at the sheer diversity of timbres our ensemble could provide," and this is delivered in the finished product. Doubtless, the unique interior quality of the original is lost, and this is close to being a fantasy on the Goldberg Variations rather than simply a performance of the work. What listeners will think of that is a personal thing, but all will agree that this is not just an added item on the list of arrangements of the Goldberg Variations.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Album review
Quite a few musicians have arranged Bach's keyboard Goldberg Variations BWV 988, for ensemble, and it is not out of the question that the recycling-happy Bach might have done so himself. Exponents even include the jazz Jacques Loussier Trio. This release, by the quartet Nevermind for its own instrumentation of flute, violin, viola da gamba, and keyboards, at first seems like one of the less radical solutions to the problems that arise; the ensemble of flute, violin, and continuo was common enough in Bach's day, but as one listens, one is drawn into a scenario where the arrangement, which seems straightforward, is in fact anything but, and it would seem that the draw of his helped place the album on classical best-seller charts in early 2025. It is not just that a work meant for solitary keyboard performance is turned into an ensemble piece for outward display. One hears the continuo switch off among harpsichord and organ, something that wouldn't have happened with Bach as one of the performers. In those continuo arrangements, there are some harmonic moves that aren't in the original music, although they might be said to have been implicit in it. Most distinctive of all is the deployment of the music among the various instruments in consistently imaginative ways. The group states that "[i]n the course of our work on the project, we came to marvel at the sheer diversity of timbres our ensemble could provide," and this is delivered in the finished product. Doubtless, the unique interior quality of the original is lost, and this is close to being a fantasy on the Goldberg Variations rather than simply a performance of the work. What listeners will think of that is a personal thing, but all will agree that this is not just an added item on the list of arrangements of the Goldberg Variations.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 01:37:57
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Nevermind
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical
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