Benjamin Alard - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard Vol4 "Alla Veneziana"

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: HMM90246062
Barcode: 3149020942062
Release Date: 15th January 2021
Genre: Classical

 The recordings by Benjamin Alard of Bach’s complete works for keyboard have been met with critical acclaim by reviewers the world over. In this fourth volume, Alard continues to explore the Weimar period, known as that of Bach’s ‘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, including a magnificent 1702 harpsichord by Mattia De Gand, preserved in Treviso and recently restored.

Tracklisting: 
Bach, J S: Concerto in G Major, BWV 973 I. [no indication]
II. Largo
III. Allegro

Bach, J S: Concerto in G Minor, BWV 975
I. [no indication]
II. Largo
III. Giga Presto

Bach, J S: Concerto in B Minor, BWV 979
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
IV. Andante
V. Adagio
VI. Allegro

Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto in D major (after Vivaldi), BWV972
I. [no indication]
II. Larghetto
III. Allegro

Bach, J S: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV944

Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto in D minor (after Marcello), BWV974
I. [no indication]
II. Adagio
III. Presto

Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV894
I. Prelude
II. Fugue

Bach, J S: Concerto in G Major, BWV 980
I. [no indication]
II. Largo
III. Allegro

Bach, J S: Organ Concerto in A minor (after Vivaldi), BWV593
I. [Allegro]
II. Adagio
III. Allegro

Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto in F major (after Vivaldi), BWV978
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro

Bach, J S: Organ Concerto in D minor (after Vivaldi), BWV596
I. [Allegro]
II. Grave
III. Fuga
IV. Largo e spiccato
V. [no indication]

Bach, J S: Concerto in C Major, BWV 976
I. [no indication]
II. Largo
III. Allegro

Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in G minor, BWV535

Bach, J S: Organ Concerto in G Major, BWV 592
I. [Adagio]
II. Grave
III. Presto

Bach, J S: Fantasie and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 / 2 (excerpt): II. Fugue

Bach, J S: Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 594
I. [Allegro]
II. Recitativ. Adagio
III. Allegro

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV694 ‘Wo soll ich fliehen hin’

Bach, J S: Trio for organ in D Minor, BWV 583

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV736 ‘Valet will ich dir geben’

Bach, J S: Trio super ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’, BWV664

Bach, J S: “Wir glauben all an einen Gott” BWV-Anh. 69

Bach, J S: “Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her” BWV-Anh. 65

Bach, J S: “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele” BWV-Anh. 52

Bach, J S: “Jesu, meine Freude” BWVAnh. 58

Bach, J S: Toccata in C BWV564
I. Toccata
II. Adagio
III. Fugue

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