Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Cameron Carpenter
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: 88875178262
Release: 2016
Size: 1.24 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX
Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV527
02. I. Andante
03. II. Adagio e dolce
04. III. Vivace
Prelude & Fugue in B minor, BWV544
05. Prelude
06. Fugue
French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV816
07. I. Allemande
08 .II. Courante
09. III. Sarabande
10. IV. Gavotte
11. V. Bourée
12. VI. Loure
13. VII. Gigue
Trio Sonata No. 1 in E flat major, BWV525
14. I. Alla breve
15. II. Adagio
16. III. Allegro
17. Chorale Prelude BWV622 ‘O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde groß’
Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582
18. Passacaglia
19. Thema fugatum
20. All you need is Bach / Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779
It’s not just any instrument on which the ‘bad boy of the organ’ Cameron Carpenter plays this selection of works by Bach: it is a custom-built instrument made to his exact specifications by the company Marshall & Ogletree. Supposedly “portable” – you still need some large trucks to carry everything – the console itself weighs no less than a ton. Still, the instrument can be dismantled into several pieces, comes with an incredible arsenal of special speakers, and a dedicated amplifier for a rich sound. This Op. 8 Marshall & Ogletree ‘Touring Organ’ is built, according to Carpenter, for ‘its emotional magnitude, its sonic range, its coloristic drama’. Purists of baroque music may flee in terror, just as they did in the days of the revolutionary Glenn Gould. With a hyper-modern view of his chosen musical arena and an orchestra composed of a seemingly infinite number of organs, this record is extravagant, intriguing. Bach as you’ve never heard before.
Sony Classical is pleased to announce Cameron Carpenter’s new album ALL YOU NEED IS BACH. Bach’s great keyboard masterpieces provide an ideal platform both for Carpenter’s formidable creative and recreative gifts and the seemingly limitless possibilities of his dream instrument – his signature International Touring Organ (ITO). Bach’s complete organ music has been central to Carpenter’s immense and multi-facetted repertoire. For his first all-Bach release, Carpenter has created a stimulating and wide-ranging program that reveals the fullest scope of Bach’s genius. Works include Contrapunctus IX from The Art of Fugue, Organ Sonatas in D minor and E-flat major, Prelude and Fugue in B minor, French Suite No. 1, Invention No. 8, the Chorale Prelude to “O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß” and, as a centerpiece, the great Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor. The album title All You Need Is Bach not only refers to the immense popularity of Bach but also to The Beatles’ classic 1967 recording All You Need Is Love, where Bach’s Invention No. 8 in F major proudly rises out of the coda’s collage-like texture.