Bach: Goldberg Variations Janne Rattya

• 1 Aria 02:14
• 2 Variatio 1. a 1 Clav. 00:51
• 3 Variatio 2. a 1 Clav. 00:42
• 4 Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisuono a 1 Clav. 00:59
• 5 Variatio 4. a 1 Clav. 00:34
• 6 Variatio 5. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 00:38
• 7 Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav. 00:34
• 8 Variatio 7. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 01:17
• 9 Variatio 8. a 2 Clav. 00:52
• 10 Variatio 9. Canzone alla Terza. a 1 Clav. 00:48
• 11 Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav. 00:48
• 12 Variatio 11. a Clav. 00:57
• 13 Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav. 01:01
• 14 Variatio 13. a 2 Clav. 02:19
• 15 Variatio 14. a 2 Clav. 01:01
• 16 Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta in moto contrario 02:31
• 17 Variatio 16. Overture. a 1 Clav. 01:22
• 18 Variatio 17. a 2 Clav. 00:53
• 19 19 Variatio 18. Canone alla Sesta. a 1 Clav. 00:46
• 20 Variatio 19. a 1 Clav. 00:40
• 21 Variatio 20. a 2 Clav. 00:53
• 22 Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima 01:10
• 23 Variatio 22. Alla breve a 1 Clav. 00:38
• 24 Variatio 23. a 2 Clav. 00:55
• 25 Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav. 01:11
• 26 Variatio 25. a 2 Clav. 04:27
• 27 Variatio 26. a 2 Clav. 00:59
• 28 Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. 00:53
• 29 Variatio 28. a 2 Clav. 00:59
• 30 Variatio 29. a 1 o vero 2 Clav. 00:57
• 31 Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav. 00:59
• 32 Aria 02:32
• Alternative takes
• 33 Variatio 8 (alternative take) 00:51
• 34 Variatio 9 (alternative take) 01:11
• 35 Variatio 11 (alternative take) 00:58
• 36 Variatio 12 (alternative take) 00:59
• 37 Variatio 17 (alternative take) 00:56
• 38 Variatio 22 (alternative take) 00:47
• 39 Variatio 28 (alternative take) 01:02
• 40 Variatio 30 (alternative take) 01:02
• Total Runtime 46:06

Info for Bach: Goldberg Variations

On this album an accordion takes the listener along on a long, existential journey out of silence. Bach composed this 'Aria with Diverse Variations' for Count Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk to be a little cheered up in his sleepless nights by harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, a pupil of Bach and in the service of the Count at that time. Whether this anecdote is true or not, today, more than 250 years after the Goldberg Variations were composed, they offer a listening experience with a shifting balance between inexhaustible external kinetic energy and complete inner piece.

It is also time to lay aside the prejudices concerning accordion and its reputation as mainly a folk music instrument. The fresh performance and splendid musicality of Janne Rättyä show how expressive and delicate the accordion can be, and even serve the purpose of doing justice to as an iconic keyboard work as the Goldberg Variations.

The Finnish accordionist Janne Rättyä is regarded as one of the most successful classical accordionists. He performs as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, in the U.S. and Asia and has appeared with musicians such as Jorma Hynninen, Pekka Kuusisto, Martyn Brabbins and Patrick Gallois, but also as a soloist with many Finnish and foreign orchestras.

Janne Rättyä was awarded numerous prizes in various international classical accordion and soloist competitions, most notably the first prize in the Arrasate Hiria competition in Spain in 1996. He collaborates closely with contemporary composers like Aldo Clementi, Dieter Schnebel, Uljas Pulkkis and Iris ter Schiphorst, to create new music for his instrument.

Janne Rättyä, classical accordion

Recording: Straußsaal, Residenz Zögernitz, Vienna, 29–30.11.2010, 12.9.2011
Executive Producer: Reijo Kiilunen
Recording Producer: Janne Rättyä
Recording Engineer: Daniel Comploi
Recording Assistant: Jonathan Schorr
Editing & Mastering: Daniel Comploi
Accordion Tuning: Kari Ahvenainen
Accordion: “Jupiter” by Vasiliev, 1995

The Finnish accordionist Janne Rättyä is regarded as one of the most successful classical accordionists. In 2002, Rättyä debuted in the Chamber Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic (with the Debut Series of DeutschlandRadio Berlin), performing the first classical accordion recital ever presented there. He has also introduced his instrument to venues like Van Vlaanderen Festival, Kyoto International Music Festival, Toppan Hall (Tokyo), Musashino Hall (Tokyo), Pacific Rim Festival, Steirischer Herbst (Graz), Salzburger Aspekte and Wien Modern.

He performs as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, in the U.S. and Asia. He has appeared with musicians such as Jorma Hynninen, Pekka Kuusisto, Martyn Brabbins and Patrick Gallois, to name but a few and has appeared also as a soloist with many Finnish and foreign orchestras, among others with the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.

He was awarded numerous prizes in various international classical accordion and soloist competitions, most notably the first prize in the Arrasate Hiria competition in Spain in 1996. He collaborates closely with contemporary composers like Aldo Clementi, Dieter Schnebel, Uljas Pulkkis and Iris ter Schiphorst, to create new music for his instrument. Janne Rättyä studied at the Sibelius Academy with Matti Rantanen and at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen with Prof. Mie Miki. He has been professor for Classical Accordion Studies at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria, since 2003. He appears also under the German- Austrian CD label VMS and the Japanese Octavia Records label.

Booklet for Bach: Goldberg Variations