JS Bach: Transcriptions

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Release Date: 11th Mar 2013
Catalogue No: LDV04
Label: La Dolce Volta
Length: 53 minutes

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV659 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'

Work length4:21

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Bach, J S: Orgelbüchlein: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Arr. Busoni)

Work length2:34

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Bach, J S: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12: Cantate "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" BWV 12, sinfonia et coro

Work length7:28

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Bach, J S: Motet BWV225 'Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'

Work length4:19

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Ensemble Contraste, Arnaud Thorette, Johan Farjot, Maria Mosconi, Antoine Pierlot

Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Livre 1: Fugue No. 9 en Mi Majeur, BWV 854

Work length2:56

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Bach, J S: L'Offrande musicale: Ricercare à 6 BWV 1079

Work length6:43

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Bach, J S: Partita en Ut Mineur pour clavier, 1ère partie BWV 826

Work length5:04

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Bach, J S: La Passion selon Saint mathieu: No. 39, Aria "Erbarme dich"

Work length6:22

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Karol Beffa

Bach, J S: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582

Work length11:25

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Bach, J S: The Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach: Aria "Bist du bei mir", BWV 508

Work length2:27

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Ensemble Contraste, Arnaud Thorette, Maria Mosconi

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Moving from the harpsichord to the clavichord or the organ was probably easy enough for Johann Sebastian Bach. The source of the sound didn’t matter, because for the master of Leipzig, what counted were thought and intellect: the form, tonality and melodic contours ere more important than the instrument itself. And indeed, through this work of musical thought, Bach used different keyboards, prefiguring the instruments to come: the piano as a synthesis of the harpsichord, the organ and the clavichord.

Bach was aware of exchanges between the different European schools, which allowed musicians to copy, transcribe and adapt the work of contemporaries. Bach did this with his own scores, as well as those of his colleagues. Over the centuries, Busoni, Siloti, Kempff and Kurtàg amongst other have transformed the magic of the organ, orchestra and choruses of the cantatas to the piano.

And now, Ensemble Contraste presents its own vision of the Cantor: a school of freedom that never betrays his conception and allows the beauty, rigorous construction and triumphant polyphonies to shine through.

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