Description

An authoritative Urtext edition of Bach's widely celebrated and much-loved Goldberg Variations BWV 988, edited by Rudolf Steglich. The ��Goldberg�� Variations are without a doubt the most important piano cycle of the 18th century. Only Beethoven��s ��Diabelli�� Variations from the 19th century can be compared to them as far their far-reaching significance is concerned. Bach��s own manuscript might not have survived, but the corrected first printing of the ��Aria mit verschiedenen Veraenderungen vors Clavicimbal mit 2 Manualen�� (thus the title) has done so. This first edition serves as the primary source for our edition; furthermore the musical text was compared to other sources as, for example, with Bach��s own record of the ��Aria�� (not yet referred to as such) in the little notebook for Anna Magdalena .