In classical music, the art of the descant — a complex melody played above a simpler one — began to fade sometime around the Romantic era. Thankfully, violinist Peter Wilson and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel revived this lost art in THE BACH-WILSON PROJECT. Keeping in tradition with the Baroque era’s love of musical quotes, improvisation and transformation, this release juxtaposes beloved classics by J.S. Bach with melodies by The Beatles as well as by Wilson himself. Kloetzel and Wilson work wonderfully as a duo, and it’s clear from the first note that these arrangements — meticulously crafted by Wilson — are a joy to play. Bach’s eternal melodies serve as a sublime canvas, with Wilson’s descants floating ethereally above: if there ever was pleasant complexity, this is it.