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Bach, J S: | Fantasia in A minor, BWV922 Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904 Prelude & Fughetta in F major, BWV901 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, BWV992 Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV998 Adagio in G major, BWV968 Prelude & Fughetta in G major, BWV902 Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV894 Aria Variata in A minor, BWV989 ‘alla Maniera Italiana' |
As harpsichordist, conductor, and musical director of the ensemble Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset is one of the finest interpreters of Baroque music. His first recording for Aparté, devoted to Louis Couperin, was received most enthusiastically by public and critics alike, and collected many distinctions in the international press including BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice. Now at the peak of his maturity, the artist presents an original programme, Bach Fantasy, in which he treats us to little-known works but also standards by the great J.S. Bach. Apart from the important sets of works, including the Goldberg Variations, the Well-Tempered Clavier, the keyboard Suites and Partitas, many miscellaneous pieces by Bach have come down to us in the hand of his pupils and admirers: early essays, pieces of a didactic nature, evocations of emotions, and sometimes all of the above. Christophe Rousset plays these pieces on the 1632 Ruckers harpsichord of Neuchâtel, one of the finest in the world. “Christophe Rousset's new album, Bach Fantasy, reveals the freedom, vigour and improvisatory bravura of Bach's genius through a miscellany of pieces less frequently aired than his canonical keyboard works...Rousset captures the emotional extremes of the teenage composer...[there's] a real sense of live performance - one that, literally and figuratively, pulls out all the stops.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2011 ***** “Stylistically and tonally, the variety is dazzling.” The Independent, 23rd January 2011 “Fantasy is the right word for a harpsichord recital superbly played on an instrument built in 1632 and amended a century later. It’s a feisty creature that has warmth and character...Rousset’s mastery is total; every thread of counterpoint dances, crystal-clear, before us. A delightful disc.” The Times, 7th January 2011 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | JS Bach: Keyboard works
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| |  | Bach as TeacherKeyboard Works from the Cöthen Period
Bach, J S: | Suite in E flat major, BWV819a Chorale Prelude BWV957 'Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt' Chorale Prelude BWV957 'Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt' Prelude & Fughetta in G major, BWV902 Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 6 in D minor, BWV875 Fugue in D minor, BWV948 Prelude & Fughetta in F major, BWV901 Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 872 Fugue in C major, BWV953 Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV895 Fugue in A minor, BWV947 Prelude & Fughetta in E minor, BWV900 Fugue in E Minor, BWV956 Sarabande in G minor, BWV839 Courante in G major, BWV840 Fantasia in C minor, BWV918 'Fantasie sur un Rondeau' Chromatic Fantasia in D minor, BWV903a Applicato in C major, BWV994 Nine Little Preludes, BWV924-930 Prelude in A minor, BWV931 Fughetta in C minor, BWV961 Fugue in C major, BWV952 Fantasia in C minor, BWV919 Five Little Preludes, BWV939-943 Six Little Preludes, BWV933-938 Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 1 in C major, BWV870 Prelude & Fughetta in D minor, BWV899 Suite in A minor, BWV818 |
Hardly a child has learned piano for the last two hundred years without in the course of her training encountering and profiting from keyboard music which Johann Sebastian Bach composed specifically for the purpose of developing the minds and hands of young keyboardists. | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | JS Bach: Preludes & Fugues
Bach, J S: | Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV894 Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV895 Prelude & Fugue in A major, BWV896 Fugue in C major, BWV953 Fughetta in C minor, BWV961 Prelude & Fughetta in D minor, BWV899 Fugue in C major, BWV953 Prelude & Fughetta in E minor, BWV900 Prelude & Fughetta in F major, BWV901 Prelude & Fughetta in G major, BWV902 Prelude in C minor, BWV921 Prelude in B Minor BWV923 Fugue in B minor on a theme by Albinoni, BWV951 Fugue in D minor, BWV948 Fugue in C major, BWV946 Fugue in C major, BWV952 Fugue in A minor, BWV959 Fugue in A major, BWV949 |
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Bach, J S: | Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 6 Prelude & Fughetta in F major, BWV901 Fugue in B flat major, BWV955 Prelude & Fughetta in G major, BWV902 Fugue in D minor, BWV948 Fugue in A minor, BWV958 Prelude & Partita del tuono terzo in F major, BWV833 Fugue in B flat major, BWV954 Fugue in E minor, BWV945 Fantasia in C minor, BWV919 Prelude & Fughetta in G major, BWV902 Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV944 Fantasia in A minor, BWV922 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, BWV992 Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 3 Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 6 (alternative registration) The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV668a |
The last ten years of his life saw Bach developing a private preoccupation with the technical and musical possibilities surrounding strict fugal and canonic polyphony. The publication of the Goldberg Variations (BWV 988, 1742), with nine strict canons (to which an appendix of an additional fourteen has been recently discovered), the Musical Offering (BWV 1079, 1747), containing alongside two excellent ricercari, nine cerebrally devised canons in varying forms, and the canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch (BWV 769, see Volume XI in this series), clearly reflect Bach’s increasing obsession with this type of composition. It comes as no surprise, therefore, to find that during the same period, Bach began another series of canons and fugues under the title The Art of Fugue | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | JS Bach: Complete Keyboard Works
Bach, J S: | Goldberg Variations, BWV988 Toccatas, BWV910-916 French Overture in B minor, BWV831 French Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV812-817 Italian Concerto, BWV971 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2 English Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV806-811 Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830 The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 Keyboard Concerto in D major (after Vivaldi), BWV972 Keyboard Concerto in G major (after Vivaldi), BWV973 Keyboard Concerto in D minor (after Marcello), BWV974 Keyboard Concerto in G minor (after Vivaldi), BWV975 Keyboard Concerto in C major (after Vivaldi), BWV976 Keyboard Concerto in C major (after Vivaldi), BWV 977 Keyboard Concerto in F major (after Vivaldi), BWV978 Keyboard Concerto in B minor (after Torelli), BWV 979 Keyboard Concerto in G major (after Vivaldi), BWV980 Keyboard Concerto in C minor (after Marcello), BWV981 Keyboard Concerto in B flat major (after Ernst), BWV 982 Keyboard Concerto in G minor, BWV 983 Keyboard Concerto in C major (after Ernst), BWV 984 Keyboard Concerto in G minor (after Telemann), BWV985 Keyboard Concerto in G major (after Telemann), BWV 986 Keyboard Concerto in D minor (after Ernst), BWV 987 Keyboard Concerto in G major (after Ernst), BWV592a Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV894 Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV895 Prelude & Fugue in A major, BWV896 Fugue in C major, BWV953 Fughetta in C minor, BWV961 Prelude & Fughetta in D minor, BWV899 Fugue in C major, BWV953 Prelude & Fughetta in E minor, BWV900 Prelude & Fughetta in F major, BWV901 Prelude & Fughetta in G major, BWV902 Prelude in C minor, BWV921 Prelude in B Minor BWV923 Fugue in B minor on a theme by Albinoni, BWV951 Fugue in D minor, BWV948 Fugue in C major, BWV946 Fugue in C major, BWV952 Fugue in A minor, BWV959 Fugue in A major, BWV949 Keyboard Sonata in A minor (after Reincken), BWV965 Keyboard Sonata in C major, BWV966 Keyboard Sonata in D major, BWV963 Keyboard Sonata in A minor, BWV967 Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV998 Duets Nos. 1-4, BWV802-805 Suite in A minor, BWV818a Suite in A minor, BWV818 Suite in E flat major, BWV819 Suite in E flat major, BWV819a Overture (Suite) in F major, BWV820 Suite in F minor, BWV823 Suite in A major, BWV832 Prelude & Partita del tuono terzo in F major, BWV833 Suite in G minor, BWV822 Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903 Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904 Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV906 Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV944 Fantasia in C minor, BWV918 'Fantasie sur un Rondeau' Fantasia in G minor, BWV917 'duobus subjectis' Fantasia in A minor, BWV922 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, BWV992 Aria Variata in A minor, BWV989 ‘alla Maniera Italiana' Capriccio in E major, BWV993 Two-part Inventions Nos. 1-15, BWV772-786 Five Little Preludes, BWV939-943 Prelude in C major, BWV924 Prelude in D minor, BWV926 Prelude in F major, BWV927 Prelude in G minor, BWV930 Prelude in F major, BWV928 Prelude in D major, BWV925 Six Little Preludes, BWV933-938 Prelude in C minor, BWV999 Three-part Inventions (Sinfonias) Nos. 1-15, BWV787-801 |
In 1994, pianist Ivo Janssen started a very ambitious project: performing and recording the complete keyboard works by J S Bach. In February 1998 the first CD in this series was released, on his own label VOID, which was especially started for this purpose. This set is the only complete keyboard set containing previously cut passages and includes 191 BWV numbers and over 23 hours of music. “Janssen has admirable skills for the task: a pianist’s sensibility, an unflagging imagination and compelling musicianship.” American Record Guide. “there’s a sense of fly-by-night impetuosity about some of these performances, all taped in the same venue with the same producer...Janssen seems comparatively straight after Glenn Gould, but he’s much easier to live with in the long term...Janssen’s warmth and affection is impressive; this is humane, witty playing.” The Arts Desk, 26th November 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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