Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 9
Catalog Number: 90247273DI
Bach’s Köthen years glow in performances that move from the Chromatic Fantasia’s dark volatility to the architectural poise of the English Suites, coloured by the rare sonic world of a 1740 Hass harpsichord.
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96000 Hz
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 9
Set against the relative freedom of Bach’s Köthen period, this programme traces a striking arc from private intensity to public brilliance. The Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue unfolds as a rhapsodic drama—its improvisatory surges, audacious harmonic detours, and final return like a remembered echo—before the ‘English’ Suites reveal Bach’s gift for turning dance into high architecture, where contrapuntal finesse is worn with effortless grace. Alongside these keyboard landmarks, the concerto arrangement and the luminous interplay of Brandenburg No. 5 place the harpsichord in conversation with an ensemble, while the Italian cantata Amore traditore brings voice and клавier into unusually equal partnership. Central throughout is the extraordinary colour palette of the 1740 triple-manual Hass harpsichord, whose registers invite sharply etched contrasts, intimate chiaroscuro, and an organ-like breadth—making these “happy years” resonate with both refinement and imagination.
Published date
2024-05-02
Number of discs
2
Sample rate
96000 Hz
Channels
stereo:24:2.0
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