Gilded Goldbergs, op. 86

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composer:Robin Holloway (English composer) (from 1992 until 1997)
parts:1. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, First Set: Aria: G major
2. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, First Set: Variation 1: expanding the theme: G
3. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, First Set: Variation 2: simple tonal cubism: G-D
4. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, First Set: Variation 3: canon at the unison: G
5. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, First Set: Variation 4: simply through some keys: G-G
6. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, Second Set: Variation 5: vivace à la Scarlatti: C
7. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, Second Set: Variation 6: canon at the second: C-A-flat
8. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, Second Set: Variation 7: gigue in antiphony: A-flat/C
9. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, Second Set: Variation 8: enhanced replay of Variation 1: G
10. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, Second Set: Variation 9: canon at the third: homage to Granger: E-flat
11. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, Second Set: Variation 10: 'robust and a bit gormless' (wrong-note music): B
12. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, Second Set: Variation 11: dreaming: homage to Schubert and Brahms: G
13. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, Third Set: Variation 12: canon at the fourth: E
14. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, Third Set: Variation 13: Cantilena I: double variation with homage to Dowland: G/E-flat minor
15. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, Third Set: Variation 14: energico: A-flat minor
16. Gilded Goldbergs, Part I, Third Set: Variation 15: canon at the fifth: G minor
17. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fourth Set: Variation 16: French Overture and homage to Nancarrow: G sharp minor
18. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fourth Set: Variation 17: Hungarian cymbalom: homage to Bartók, Ligeti, Kurtág: E minor doïna – homage to Enescu – linking to
19. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fourth Set: Variation 18: canon in sixths: D-flat
20. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fourth Set: Variation 19: Ländler and trio (brief history of Austro-German music in triple time): B-flat
21. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fourth Set: Variation 20: vivace con brio: D
22. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fourth Set: Variation 21: canon at the seventh: G minor
23. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fourth Set: Variation 22: churchy counterpoint in antiphony: A-flat
24. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fourth Set: Variation 23: diatonic scrunches (homage to Tippett): F
25. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fifth Set: Variation 24: canon at the octave: complex journey through some keys: G/G minor-B-flat
26. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fifth Set: Variation 25: Cantilena II: G minor
27. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fifth Set: Variation 26a: Sarabande: G
28. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fifth Set: Variation 27: 'Trio' – canon at the ninth: F
29. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fifth Set: Variation 26b: Sarabande resumed: A major/A minor, Rückblick – homage to Schumann – linking to
30. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fifth Set: Variation 28: 'Summer afternoon' – hazy trills and tremolos: G
31. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fifth Set: Variation 29: Toccata with clusters: F-sharp
32. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fifth Set: Variation 30: Quodlibet: traversing all twelve keys, ending D
33. Gilded Goldbergs, Part II, Fifth Set: Aria da capo: G
is based on:Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988