Robin Holloway - Gilded Goldbergs (Hyperion Audio CD)

2 CD set.
The Micallef-Inanga Piano Duo

Recorded in June 2002
Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Ken Blair
Release date: November 2002
Total duration: 97 minutes 46 seconds

CD1

1 Part 1. 1st Set No 1. Aria: G major 3:41
2 Part 1. 1st Set No 2. Variation 1: Expanding the theme. G 2:27
3 Part 1. 1st Set No 3. Variation 2: Simple tonal cubism. G-D 1:35
4 Part 1. 1st Set No 4. Variation 3: Canon at the unison. G 2:45
5 Part 1. 1st Set No 5. Variation 4: Simply through some keys. G-G 1:52
6 Part 1. 2nd Set No 1. Variation 5: Vivace à la Scarlatti. C 0:50
7 Part 1. 2nd Set No 2. Variation 6: Canon at the second. C-A flat 2:23
8 Part 1. 2nd Set No 3. Variation 7: Gigue in antiphony. A flat/C 1:35
9 Part 1. 2nd Set No 4. Variation 8: Enhanced replay of Variation 1. G 3:43
10 Part 1. 2nd Set No 5. Variation 9: Canon at the third. Homage to Grainger. E flat 2:15
11 Part 1. 2nd Set No 6. Variation 10: 'Robust and a bit gormless'. Wrong-note music. B 1:31
12 Part 1. 2nd Set No 7. Variation 11: Dreaming. Homage to Schubert and Brahms. G 2:57
13 Part 1. 3rd Set No 1. Variation 12: Canon at the fourth. E 3:00
14 Part 1. 3rd Set No 2. Variation 13: Cantilena 1. Double variation with homage to Dowland. G/E flat minor 9:05
15 Part 1. 3rd Set No 3. Variation 14: Energico. A flat minor 2:03
16 Part 1. 3rd Set No 4. Variation 15: Canon at the fifth. G minor 4:24


CD2

1 Part 2. 4th Set No 1. Variation 16: French Overture and homage to Nancarrow. G sharp minor 6:22
2 Part 2. 4th Set No 2. Variation 17: Hungarian cymbalom. Homage to Bartók, Ligeti, Kurtág – Doïna – Homage to Enescu. E minor 3:55
3 Part 2. 4th Set No 3. Variation 18: Canon in sixths. D flat 4:25
4 Part 2. 4th Set No 4. Variation 19: Ländler and trio 'Brief history of Austro-German music in triple time'. B flat 4:37
5 Part 2. 4th Set No 5. Variation 20: Vivace con brio. D 1:44
6 Part 2. 4th Set No 6. Variation 21: Canon at the seventh. G minor 2:31
7 Part 2. 4th Set No 7. Variation 22: Churchy counterpoint in antiphony. A flat 2:06
8 Part 2. 4th Set No 8. Variation 23: Diatonic scrunches 'Homage to Tippett'. F 2:22
9 Part 2. 5th Set No 1. Variation 24: Canon at the octave. Complex journey through some keys. G/G minor-B flat 2:51
10 Part 2. 5th Set No 2. Variation 25: Cantilena 2. G minor 5:40
11 Part 2. 5th Set No 3. Variation 26a: Sarabande. G 1:14
12 Part 2. 5th Set No 5. Variation 27: 'Trio' – Canon at the ninth. F 0:46
13 Part 2. 5th Set No 4. Variation 26b: Sarabande resumed – Rückblick – Homage to Schumann. A major/A minor 2:14
14 Part 2. 5th Set No 6. Variation 28: 'Summer afternoon'. Hazy trills and tremolos. G 1:35
15 Part 2. 5th Set No 7. Variation 29: Toccata with clusters. F sharp 3:24
16 Part 2. 5th Set No 8. Variation 30: Quodlibet. Traversing all twelve keys, ending D 3:15
17 Part 2. 5th Set No 9. Aria da capo: G
Holloway: Gilded Goldbergs

The Micallef-Inanga Piano Duo

CDA67360

Recording details: June 2002
Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Ken Blair
Release date: November 2002
Total duration: 97 minutes 46 seconds

Track listing
Gilded Goldbergs, Op 86 (Holloway)
CD1 1 Part 1. 1st Set No 1. Aria: G major 3:41
2 Part 1. 1st Set No 2. Variation 1: Expanding the theme. G 2:27
3 Part 1. 1st Set No 3. Variation 2: Simple tonal cubism. G-D 1:35
4 Part 1. 1st Set No 4. Variation 3: Canon at the unison. G 2:45
5 Part 1. 1st Set No 5. Variation 4: Simply through some keys. G-G 1:52
6 Part 1. 2nd Set No 1. Variation 5: Vivace à la Scarlatti. C 0:50
7 Part 1. 2nd Set No 2. Variation 6: Canon at the second. C-A flat 2:23
8 Part 1. 2nd Set No 3. Variation 7: Gigue in antiphony. A flat/C 1:35
9 Part 1. 2nd Set No 4. Variation 8: Enhanced replay of Variation 1. G 3:43
10 Part 1. 2nd Set No 5. Variation 9: Canon at the third. Homage to Grainger. E flat 2:15
11 Part 1. 2nd Set No 6. Variation 10: 'Robust and a bit gormless'. Wrong-note music. B 1:31
12 Part 1. 2nd Set No 7. Variation 11: Dreaming. Homage to Schubert and Brahms. G 2:57
13 Part 1. 3rd Set No 1. Variation 12: Canon at the fourth. E 3:00
14 Part 1. 3rd Set No 2. Variation 13: Cantilena 1. Double variation with homage to Dowland. G/E flat minor 9:05
15 Part 1. 3rd Set No 3. Variation 14: Energico. A flat minor 2:03
16 Part 1. 3rd Set No 4. Variation 15: Canon at the fifth. G minor 4:24
CD2 1 Part 2. 4th Set No 1. Variation 16: French Overture and homage to Nancarrow. G sharp minor 6:22
2 Part 2. 4th Set No 2. Variation 17: Hungarian cymbalom. Homage to Bartók, Ligeti, Kurtág – Doïna – Homage to Enescu. E minor 3:55
3 Part 2. 4th Set No 3. Variation 18: Canon in sixths. D flat 4:25
4 Part 2. 4th Set No 4. Variation 19: Ländler and trio 'Brief history of Austro-German music in triple time'. B flat 4:37
5 Part 2. 4th Set No 5. Variation 20: Vivace con brio. D 1:44
6 Part 2. 4th Set No 6. Variation 21: Canon at the seventh. G minor 2:31
7 Part 2. 4th Set No 7. Variation 22: Churchy counterpoint in antiphony. A flat 2:06
8 Part 2. 4th Set No 8. Variation 23: Diatonic scrunches 'Homage to Tippett'. F 2:22
9 Part 2. 5th Set No 1. Variation 24: Canon at the octave. Complex journey through some keys. G/G minor-B flat 2:51
10 Part 2. 5th Set No 2. Variation 25: Cantilena 2. G minor 5:40
11 Part 2. 5th Set No 3. Variation 26a: Sarabande. G 1:14
12 Part 2. 5th Set No 5. Variation 27: 'Trio' – Canon at the ninth. F 0:46
13 Part 2. 5th Set No 4. Variation 26b: Sarabande resumed – Rückblick – Homage to Schumann. A major/A minor 2:14
14 Part 2. 5th Set No 6. Variation 28: 'Summer afternoon'. Hazy trills and tremolos. G 1:35
15 Part 2. 5th Set No 7. Variation 29: Toccata with clusters. F sharp 3:24
16 Part 2. 5th Set No 8. Variation 30: Quodlibet. Traversing all twelve keys, ending D 3:15
17 Part 2. 5th Set No 9. Aria da capo: G 2:39