Aria variata alla maniera italiana, BWV 989

Aria variata alla maniera italiana in A minor, BWV 989, is a keyboard work by Johann Sebastian Bach from around 1709, recorded as No. 36 in the Andreas-Bach-Buch (named after Johann Andreas Bach [de]).^[1] It consists of a theme and ten virtuoso variations, each of them in binary form (two sections, both repeated).

Part 1 – Theme and Variations 1–5

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Part 2 – Variations 6–9

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Part 3 – Variation 10

All performed on a piano by Brendan Kinsella

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