Bach, J S: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904

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JS Bach: Fantasy

JS Bach: Fantasy


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'


Christophe Rousset (Ruckers harpsichord)

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 ****

Aparté - AP010

(CD)

$18.75

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J S Bach in the Italian Style

J S Bach in the Italian Style


Bach, J S:

Toccata in D major, BWV912

Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, BWV992

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904

Italian Concerto, BWV971

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904

Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Aria

Concerto for Two Keyboards in C major, BMV1061


James Tibbles (harpsichord)

Atoll - ACD509

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$17.75

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J.S Bach: Fantasia, Aria & other works

J.S Bach: Fantasia, Aria & other works


Bach, J S:

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904

Aria Variata in A minor, BWV989 ‘alla Maniera Italiana'

Keyboard Sonata in D major, BWV963

Suite in A major, BWV832

Suite in F minor, BWV823

Adagio in G major, BWV968

Fugue in C major, BWV953

Chorale Prelude BWV728 'Jesu, meine Zuversicht'

Chorale Prelude BWV691 'Wer nun den lieben Gott lässt walten'

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV944


Hyperion’s Record of the Month for July sees Angela Hewitt rounding off her acclaimed series of solo Bach recordings with this delightful miscellany. A range of genres are represented – fantasia and fugues, chorale preludes, suites, a sonata, a set of variations – from different periods of Bach’s life, and displaying a wide variety of form, style, influence and scope. This is music that has been neglected largely because it doesn’t sit within the famous Bach canons rather than because of its intrinsic quality. Angela Hewitt brings her customary style and elegance to these works, and her vivid, joyous music-making creates a fitting conclusion to this benchmark modern survey of Bach’s keyboard works

“As Angela Hewitt's Hyperion Bach cycle concludes, her ability to voice and control the composer's counterpoint reaches sharper, more finely calibrated proportions than ever. Her astonishing dispatch of the rapid repeated notes in the finale of the D major Sonata, her bouncy, characterful articulation in the BWV 832 Suite in A, and the feathery fingerwork in the BWV 944 Fugue take great Bach playing and great pianism to joyous heights...” BBC Music Magazine, September 2004 ****

Hyperion - Angela Hewitt Bach - CDA67499

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$17.50

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J S Bach - Concertos for Harpsichords

J S Bach - Concertos for Harpsichords


Bach, J S:

Concerto for Two Keyboards in C minor, BMV1060

Concerto for Two Keyboards in C major, BMV1061

Concerto for Two Keyboards in C minor, BMV1062

Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor (after Vivaldi), BWV1065

Italian Concerto, BWV971

Concerto for Three Keyboards in C major, BWV1064

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904

Concerto for Three Keyboards in D minor, BWV1063


Bob van Asperen, Gustav Leonhardt, Bernhard Klapprott, Carsten Lohff, Marcelo Bussi (Harpsichords)

Melante Amsterdam, Bob van Asperen

Virgin Veritas - 5621522

(CD - 2 discs)

$11.50

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Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988, etc.

Bach, J S:

Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Fantasia in C minor, BWV906

Italian Concerto, BWV971

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904


Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)

Written to entertain a certain Count Keyserlingk in his waking hours, Bach's Goldberg Variatioins is a tour de force of keyboard writing and this represents one of its greatest recordings. Also on the programme are two popular Fantasies plus the jolly Italian Concerto

Australian Eloquence - 4696732

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Historical Master Instruments

Historical Master Instruments


Bach, C P E:

Keyboard Sonata Wq 49/3 (H33) in E minor 'Württemberg Sonata No. 3'

Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Wq. 63/4, H73

Bach, J S:

Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 3

Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 6

Fantasia in C minor, BWV906

Minuet in G major, BWV841

Minuet in G minor, BWV842

Capriccio in E major, BWV993

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904

Keyboard Sonata in D major, BWV963

Frescobaldi:

Toccata in A minor

Kuhnau:

Partita No. 4 in F minor

Paladini:

Divertimento in G major


Walter-Heinz Bernstein (pianoforte), Maria Bräutigam (Italian Harpsichord), Winfried Schrammek (clavichord) & Armin Thalheim (harpsichord)

The former German Democratic Republic took its role as guardian of the important German cultural traditions, especially in music, very seriously, and this can clearly be seen not only in the magnificent archives of music from central Germany and the court of Frederick the Great, but also in collections of early instruments. This 2-CD set features music performed on keyboards produced by some of the greatest instrument makers of their time, including

Gottfried Silbermann, Heinrich Harrass and Johann Jacob Donat. They are preserved in collections at the Händel-Haus at Halle/Saale, and in music instrument museums at Leipzig, Markneukirchen and Potsdam Sanssouci.

Acanta - 233587

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Bach/Karg-Elert: Complete Organ Transcriptions

Bach/Karg-Elert: Complete Organ Transcriptions

First Recordings


Bach, J S:

Toccata in E minor, BWV914

Bach/Karg-Elert

Choral-Improvisation und Fuge aus der Motette 'Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied' BWV 225

Bach/Karg-Elert

French Overture in B minor, BWV831

Echo (from Partita in B minor, BWV831). Bach/Karg-Elert

Toccata in D minor, BWV913

Bach/Karg-Elert

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')

Bach/Karg-Elert

Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Sinfonia 'Hirtenmusik'

Bach/Karg-Elert

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904

Bach/Karg-Elert

Toccata in G major, BWV916: excerpt

Capriccio (Toccata in G major, BWV916, 1st section). Bach/Karg-Elert


Sverker Jullander (organ of Vasa Church, Gothenburg)

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877–1933) was Professor of Composition at the Leipzig Conservatory and best-known as Germany’s foremost champion of the Kunstharmonium, ‘art harmonium’, which at that time was a full concert instrument and for which he made over 400 transcriptions.

He began his musical career as a boy chorister and organist who deserted the seminary where he was enrolled to become an oboist in a wind band. Later, rejected from active service because of his age, he served as a military musician (oboe) during WWI. But it was his organ music that made him internationally famous as a composer, particularly in the USA and UK,

although he was unusual in having no professional proficiency himself; a recital tour of the USA in 1932 was so disastrous that it might even have precipitated his death a year later.

His own organ music is frequently recorded and heard in recitals, but his many organ transcriptions are less familiar. After Wagner, Bach was the composer whose music Karg-Elert transcribed most often, carefully choosing the pieces best suited to the dynamic and colouristic possibilities of the late Romantic organ.

Toccata Classics - TOCC0111

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Bach - Fantasia & Fugue

Bach - Fantasia & Fugue


Bach, J S:

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV944

Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903

Fantasia in B minor, BWVdeest

Fugue in B minor on a theme by Albinoni, BWV951

Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV906

Fantasia in C minor, BWV918 'Fantasie sur un Rondeau'

Fantasia in C minor, BWV1121

Fantasia in G minor, BWV917 'duobus subjectis'

Fugue in A minor, BWV959

Fantasia in A minor, BWV922


Léon Berben (harpsichord)

Léon Berben gained his solo diploma in organ and harpsichord in Amsterdam and the Hague. He has played with Musica Antiqua Köln since 2000 and has recorded many CDs. After this ensemble was dissolved, he pursued a solo career and is considered to be a master in his field. His solo recordings on historic instruments have received great critical acclaim.

Myrios - MYR001

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$17.75

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Bach - Keyboard Music

Bach - Keyboard Music


Bach, J S:

Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903

Aria Variata in A minor, BWV989 ‘alla Maniera Italiana'

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904

Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV894

French Overture in B minor, BWV831


Jeno Jandó (piano)

Naxos - 8570291

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Bach, J S: Italian Concerto, BWV971, etc.

Bach, J S:

Italian Concerto, BWV971

Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ'

arr.Busoni

Fantasia in A minor, BWV922

Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903

Chorale Prelude BWV659 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'

arr.Busoni

Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904


Recorded: 05/76 Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

“Listening to Brendel's 1976 Bach brings to mind his teacher Edwin Fischer. Brendel is not afraid of the sustaining pedal: this is gorgeously nuanced, highly coloured Bach, full of life and humanity.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2006 *****

Philips - Originals - 4757760

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$11.50

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