Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich, Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Ensemble Caprice
Conductor: Matthias Maute
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Analekta
Catalogue: AN299967
Release: 2012
Size: 1.59 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Shostakovich: Fugue Op. 87, No.7
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV1046
02. I. Allegro
03. II. Adagio
04. III. Allegro
05. IV. Menuetto
06. Shostakovich: Prelude Op. 87, No. 18
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV1047
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Andante
09. III. Allegro assai
10. Shostakovich: Prelude Op. 87, No. 4
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048
11. I. Allegro
12. II. Adagio
13. III. Allegro
CD 02
01. Shostakovich: Prelude Op. 87, No. 5
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV1049
02. I. Allegro
03. II. Andante
04. III. Presto
05. Shostakovich: Prelude Op. 87, No. 2
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050
06. I. Allegro
07. II. Affettuoso
08. III. Allegro
09. Shostakovich: Prelude Op. 87, No. 11
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Adagio ma non tanto
12. III. Allegro
13. Shostakovich: Prelude Op. 87, No. 7
Continuing Ensemble Caprice’s critically acclaimed recordings, the Toronto Star said of this release:
“This is no ordinary recording of J.S. Bach’s six masterpieces of Baroque instrumental music. For starters, the pieces are interwoven with period-instrument transcriptions of piano music written in the early 1950s by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
It seems like a crazy mishmash, unless you happen to know that Shostakovich drew inspiration for his Op. 87 set of 24 preludes and fugues directly from Bach. With clever, colourful instrumentation and judicious transposition into different keys by Montreal-based Matthias Maute, old and newer compositions coexist as complements, shedding light back and forth on each other. This two-CD set is remarkable also for the vivid, richly textured, endearingly tousled performances by 25 members of Montreal’s Ensemble Caprice, led by conductor Maute. This is music one can savour over and over.”