Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Béatrice Rana

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Bach, JS: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988:
• 1 I. Aria 05:06
• 2 II. Variatio 1 a 1 clav 01:55
• 3 III. Variatio 2 a 1 clav 01:29
• 4 IV. Variatio 3 Canone all Unisuono a 1 clav. 01:55
• 5 V. Variatio 4 a 1 clav. 01:04
• 6 VI. Variatio 5 a 1 o vero 2 clav 01:22
• 7 VII. Variatio 6 Canone alla seconda a 1 clav. 01:19
• 8 VIII. Variatio 7 a 1 o vero 2 clav. 02:16
• 9 IX. Variatio 8 a 2 clav. 02:03
• 10 X. Variatio 9 Canone alla terza a 2 clav. 01:48
• 11 XI. Variatio 10 Fughetta a 1 clav. 01:32
• 12 XII. Variatio 11 a 2 clav. 01:52
• 13 XIII. Variatio 12 Canone alla quarta 02:10
• 14 XIV. Variatio 13 a 2 clav. 04:17
• 15 XV. Variatio 14 a 2 clav. 02:01
• 16 XVI. Variatio 15 Canone alla Quinta a 1 clav. 04:22
• 17 XVII. Variatio 16 a 1 clav. Ouvertura 03:22
• 18 XVIII. Variatio 17 a 2 clav. 02:02
• 19 XIX. Variatio 18 Canone alla sexta a 1 clav. 01:23
• 20 XX. Variatio 19 a 1 clav. 01:12
• 21 XXI. Variatio 20 a 2 clav. 01:48
• 22 XXII. Variatio 21 canone alla settima a 1 clav. 02:53
• 23 XXIII. Variatio 22 a 1 clav. alla breve 01:20
• 24 XXIV. Variatio 23 a 2 clav. 02:06
• 25 XXV. Variatio 24 Canone alla Ottava a 1 clav. 02:28
• 26 XXVI. Variatio 25 a 2 clav. 07:02
• 27 XXVII Variatio 26 a 2 clav. 01:53
• 28 XXVIII. Variatio 27 Canone alla Nona a 2 clav. 01:53
• 29 XXIX. Variatio 28 a 1 clav. 02:23
• 30 XXX. Variatio 29 a 1 o vero 2 clav. 01:22
• 31 XXXI. Variatio 30 a 1 clav. Quodlibet 01:46
• 32 XXXII. Aria da Capo e fine 05:24
• Total Runtime 01:16:48

Info for Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Als Solistin in großen Klavierkonzerten stellte sich die junge Italienerin Beatrice Rana 2015 in ihrem Warner Classics-Debütalbum vor. Mit Tschaikowsky und Prokofjew zeigte sie der Welt, womit sie Juroren bei internationalen Wettbewerben begeistert hatte – unter anderem beim Van Cliburn Wettbewerb, dessen Sieg ihr zum Durchbruch verhalf. Kaum jemand hätte erwartet, was nach diesen Repertoire-Schlachtrössern in ihrer Diskografie kommen würde: Bachs Goldberg-Variationen – ein Werk, an das sich viele Pianisten erst in späteren Karrierephasen wagen.

Der Sprung vom Spätromantisch – Frühmodernen zu Bachs kontrapunktischer Architektur zeigt, dass sich diese Pianistin nicht in eine Schublade stecken lässt. Mit gerade mal 24 Jahren ist sie in der Phase der Erkundung, der Entdeckung, dem Nachspüren eigener Obsessionen – auf allerhöchstem Niveau. »Bach war meine erste Liebe«, sagt die Pianistin. „Wenn ich mich in meinem Leben auf einen Komponisten beschränken müsste, würde ich ihn wählen.“ Die abwechslungsreichen Variationen, die Bach über eine absteigende Bassfigur in Form von freien und streng im Kanon gebundenen Teilen schrieb, gehört zu den Gipfelwerken der Klaviermusik. Beatrice Rana hat bereits in Konzerten mit ihrer Interpretation dieses Werkes die Kritik überzeugt. Nun beweist sie ihre musikalische Reife und ihren Sinn für komplexeste Architektur in einem weiteren Glanzpunkt ihrer beginnenden Diskografie.

Beatrice Rana, Klavier

Beatrice Rana
At barely 20 years old, Beatrice Rana has shaken the international classical music world already and aroused admiration and interest from concert presenters, conductors, critics and audiences in many countries. In June 2013, she won Silver (2nd Prize) and the Audience Award at the highly prestigious Van Cliburn competition, bringing her to yet a new level in her already very promising career. She had attracted international attention at 18, winning 1st Prize and all special prizes at the Montreal International competition in 2011.

Beatrice is invited in concert series and festivals throughout the world, such as Zurich’s Tonhalle, London’s Wigmore Hall, Milan’s Società dei Concerti, Paris’ Auditorium du Louvre, La Roque d’Anthéron international piano festival, the Ruhr Klavier Festival, Radio-France Festival in Montpellier, Piano aux Jacobins Festival in Toulouse, Lanaudière Festival in Quebec, the Vancouver Recital Society, La Folle Journée Festival in Nantes, Busoni Festival in Bolzano. She is now also a guest of several major venues in the United-States.

A guest of several orchestras internationally, she will debut with Yannick Nézet-Seguin in Montreal in 2013 and with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 2015. She will play at Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in 2014 under Fayçal Karoui and with Miguel Harth-Bedoya in 2013. Beatrice has played with Leonard Slatkin, Joshua Weilerstain, Fabien Gabel, Bernard Labadie.

A recipient of an impressive number of first prizes in national and international piano competitions, such as “Muzio Clementi” Competition, “International Piano Competition of the Republic of San Marino” and "Bang&Olufsen PianoRAMA Competition”, Beatrice was selected in 2010 among 60 participants as one of the six pianists allowed to take part in the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize. She now studies with Arie Verdi at the Hannover Hochschule.

Born to a family of musicians in 1993, Beatrice Rana made her debuts as a soloist with orchestra at the age of 9, performing Bach Concerto in F minor. Beatrice began her musical studies at four and achieved her Piano Degree at the age of sixteen with top marks, laude and honorable mention under the guidance of Benedetto Lupo at the Nino Rota Conservatory of Music in Monopoli, where she also studied composition with Marco della Sciucca. During her studies, she was awarded at the age of twelve the prestigious scholarship of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research for her great and very precocious musical talent. At the same time she attended masterclasses in Italy, France and United States with artists such as M. Beroff, A. Ciccolini, A. Jasinski, F. J. Thioillier, E. Virsaladze.

Beatrice recorded Chopin’s Preludes on the Atma label in 2012, together with Scriabine’s 2nd Sonata, and received international acclaim for this first CD.

Booklet for Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988