Famous for his saxophone interpretations of Bach's Cello Suites, Yasuaki Shimizu releases a landmark album of the Goldberg Variations. Described as 'baroque contemporary music' Shimizu first interpreted the Goldberg Variations for five saxophones and four contrabasses at a concert in 2010. He reassembled the band to record at Salamanca Hall in Gifu prefecture,known for its acoustics. Fantastic recording.
Yasuaki Shimizu (tenor sax) Hirokazu Hayashida (soprano, alto sax), Ryoko Egawa (alto, soprano sax) Ryota Higashi (baritone sax), Hiroshi Suzuki (baritone, tenor, alto sax) Daisuke Sasaki, Naoko Nakamura, Hiroyuki Miyasaka, Atsushi Kuramochi, (contrabasses)
1. Aria 2. Variation 1 3. Variation 2 4. Variation 3, Canon on the unison 5. Variation 4 6. Variation 5 7. Variation 6, Canon on the second 8. Variation 7 9. Variation 8 10. Variation 9, Canon on the third 11. Variation 10, Fughetta 12. Variation 11 13. Variation 12, Canon on the fourth 14. Variation 13 15. Variation 14 16. Variation 15, Canon on the fifth 17. Variation 16, Overture 18. Variation 17 19. Variation 18, Canon on the sixth 20. Variation 19 21.Variation 20 22. Variation 21, Canon on the seventh 23. Variation 22, Alla breve 24. Variation 23 25. Variation 24, Canon on the octave 26. Variation 25 27. Variation 26 28. Variation 27, Canon on the ninth 29. Variation 28 30. Variation 29 31. Variation 30, Quodlibet 32. Aria da capo
