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J S Bach - Goldberg Variations (arranged for viols) | Harmonia Mundi HMU907560

J S Bach - Goldberg Variations (arranged for viols)

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMU907560

Barcode: 0093046756024

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 1st November 2011

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Fretwork is a consort of viols based in England, United Kingdom. Formed in 1986, the group consisted of six players. Its repertoire consists primarily of music of the Renaissance period, in particular that of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, arrangements of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and contemporary music written for them.

"The Goldberg Variations are a pinnacle of Bach’s art. Conceived for harpsichord, the work has been transcribed for quite different instruments. . . Richard Boothby’s version for his own consort of viols, Fretwork, is arguably the most unusual, in that it opts for a soundworld that looks even further back in time. Part of the justification for such a setting must be Bach’s own liking for viola da gamba, already then old-fashioned.... Boothby’s setting is dexterously divided between various combinations of the treble, tenor and bass viols, and he achieved some magical effects, notably (...) in variations of gossamer passagework." - The Guardian (concert review)

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