Bach / Rana,Beatrice Goldberg Variations CD

For her second Warner Classics release, young Italian pianist Beatrice Rana turns to a pinnacle of the solo keyboard repertoire and a composer she has described as "my first love": Johann Sebastian Bach. Her interpretation of his epic Goldberg Variations bears out Le Monde's judgement that "Beatrice Rana certainly has nothing left to prove when it comes to technique, but what makes an impression are her calm maturity and her sense of architecture," and Gramophone's that she is "a fully developed artist of a stature that belies her tender years." Bach was the composer who most obsessed Beatrice Rana as a child, and in a recent interview with Pianist magazine, she confessed that it would be his music, and above all the Goldberg Variations, that she would choose if she had to devote her life to a single composer. As she said: "I'm very happy to be going back to Bach... It's best to avoid Bach in competitions... you can't expose yourself to be totally killed by the jury! But Bach is my first love; now I am allowed to play it in public and I'm really looking forward to that."

1. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria 2. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: II. Variatio 1 a 1 Clav 3. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: III. Variatio 2 a 1 Clav 4. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: IV. Variatio 3 Canone All Unisuono a 1 Clav 5. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: V. Variatio 4 a 1 Clav 6. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: VI. Variatio 5 a 1 O Vero 2 Clav 7. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: VII. Variatio 6 Canone Alla Seconda a 1 Clav 8. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: VIII. Variatio 7 a 1 O Vero 2 Clav 9. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: IX. Variatio 8 a 2 Clav 10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: X. Variatio 9 Canone Alla Terza a 2 Clav 11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XI. Variatio 10 Fughetta a 1 Clav 12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988:Xii. Variatio 11 a 2 Clav 13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XIII. Variatio 12 Canone Alla Quarta 14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XIV Variatio 13 a 2 Clav 15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XV. Variatio 14 a 2 Clav 16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XVI. Variatio 15 Canone Alla Quinta a 1 Clav 17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XVII. Variatio 16 a 1 Clav. Ouvertura 18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XVIII. Variatio 17 a 2 Clav 19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XIX. Variatio 18 Canone Alla Sexta a 1 Clav 20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XX. Variatio 19 a 1 Clav 21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXI. Variatio 20 a 2 Clav 22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXII. Variatio 21 Canone Alla Settima a 1 Clav 23. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXIII. Variatio 22 a 1 Clav. Alla Breve 24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXIV. Variatio 23 a 2 Clav 25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXV. Variatio 24 Canone Alla Ottava a 1 Clav 26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXVI. Variatio 25 a 2 Clav 27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXVII. Variatio 26 a 2 Clav 28. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXVIII. Variatio 27 Canone Alla Nona a 2 Clav 29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXIX. Variatio 28 a 1 Clav 30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXX. Variatio 29 a 1 O Vero 2 Clav 31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXXI Variatio 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet 32. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXXII. Aria Da Capo E Fine