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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 4

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Catalogue number90246062DI
Release date2021-01-15
Discs3

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With this volume 4 in a complete recording of Bach's keyboard works whose ingenuity has been underlined by every reviewer (e.g. Gramophone, July 2020), Benjamin Alard continues to explore the Weimar period, known as that of his 'early mastery'. After À la française, we turn to Italy, where the Vivaldian concerto reigned in Venice. The young Bach created here a wonderful space of freedom between the transcriber and the improviser. For 'if transcription is a matter of freedom, it is also a matter of powerful imagination: each piece on this recording transports us into a Venetian universe that fascinated Bach as much as it inspired him', as Benjamin Alard demonstrates on three exceptional instruments.

Avec ce volume 4 d'une intégrale dont l'ensemble des commentateurs ont souligné l'ingéniosité (ex. Gramophone, juillet 2020), Benjamin Alard poursuit l'exploration de la période de Weimar, dite "de la première maîtrise". Après À la française, tournons-nous vers l'Italie où règne le concerto de Vivaldi à Venise. Le jeune Bach s'y crée un merveilleux espace de liberté entre le transcripteur et l'improvisateur. Car "si la transcription est affaire de liberté, elle relève également d'un puissant imaginaire : chaque pièce présente dans cet enregistrement nous transporte dans un univers vénitien qui fascinait Bach autant qu'il l'inspirait", comme le démontre l'interprète sur trois instruments exceptionnels.

Mit diesem 4. Teil einer Gesamtaufnahme, deren große Originalität von der Kritik einhellig gerühmt wurde (z.B. Gramophone, Juli 2020), wendet sich Benjamin Alard erneut Bachs erster Meisterschaft in dessen Weimarer Zeit zu. Nach „Auf französische Art" erfolgt nun der Wechsel nach Italien, wo Vivaldis Konzert in Venedig führend ist. Der junge Bach schafft sich hier einen wunderbaren Freiraum zwischen Transkription und Improvisation. „Die Bearbeitung hat mit Freiheit zu tun, sie untersteht auch der schöpferischen Fantasie: Jedes Stück dieser Aufnahme versetzt uns in die Welt von Venedig, die Bach faszinierte und inspirierte" und die der Interpret auf drei außergewöhnlichen Instrumenten hörbar macht.
 
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Disc 1
01 Concerto in G Major, BWV 973: I. [no indication] 02:13 $ 0.21 USD
02 Concerto in G Major, BWV 973: II. Largo 01:57 $ 0.19 USD
03 Concerto in G Major, BWV 973: III. Allegro 02:28 $ 0.24 USD
04 Concerto in G Minor, BWV 975: I. [no indication] 03:10 $ 0.31 USD
05 Concerto in G Minor, BWV 975: II. Largo 03:10 $ 0.31 USD
06 Concerto in G Minor, BWV 975: III. Giga Presto 02:08 $ 0.21 USD
07 Concerto in B Minor, BWV 979: I. Allegro 01:16 $ 0.12 USD
08 Concerto in B Minor, BWV 979: II. Adagio 00:40 $ 0.06 USD
09 Concerto in B Minor, BWV 979: III. Allegro 03:20 $ 0.32 USD
10 Concerto in B Minor, BWV 979: IV. Andante 01:09 $ 0.11 USD
11 Concerto in B Minor, BWV 979: V. Adagio 00:46 $ 0.07 USD
12 Concerto in B Minor, BWV 979: VI. Allegro 03:46 $ 0.36 USD
13 Concerto in D Major, BWV 972: I. [no indication] 02:07 $ 0.20 USD
14 Concerto in D Major, BWV 972: II. Larghetto 03:05 $ 0.30 USD
15 Concerto in D Major, BWV 972: III. Allegro 02:17 $ 0.22 USD
16 Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 944 08:01 $ 0.77 USD
17 Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: I. [no indication] 03:07 $ 0.30 USD
18 Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio 03:25 $ 0.33 USD
19 Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: III. Presto 03:50 $ 0.37 USD
20 Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 894: I. Prelude 05:51 $ 0.56 USD
21 Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 894: II. Fugue 04:41 $ 0.45 USD
22 Concerto in G Major, BWV 980: I. [no indication] 03:59 $ 0.38 USD
23 Concerto in G Major, BWV 980: II. Largo 03:07 $ 0.30 USD
24 Concerto in G Major, BWV 980: III. Allegro 04:08 $ 0.40 USD
SoloistBenjamin Alard
ComposerJohann Sebastian Bach

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