Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: András Schiff
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: ECM
Catalogue: 4857948
Release: 2023
Size: 1.58 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Capriccio sopra la lontananza de il fratro dilettissimo, BWV 992
01. I. Ist eine Schmeichelung der Freunde, um denselben von der Reise abzuhalten. Arioso. Adagio
02. II. Ist eine Vorstellung unterschiedlicher Casuum, die ihm der Fremde könnten vorfallen
03. III. Ist ein allgemeines Lamento der Freunde. Adagissimo
04. IV. Allhier kommen die Freunde, weil sie doch sehen, dass es anders nicht kann sein, und nehmen Abschied
05. V. Aria di Postiglione. Adagio poco
06. VI. Fugue all’imitatione della cornetta di postiglione
15 Inventions, BWV 772-786
07. No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772
08. No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 773
09. No. 3 in D Major, BWV 774
10. No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775
11. No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 776
12. No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777
13. No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 778
14. No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779
15. No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 780
16. No. 10 in G Major, BWV 781
17. No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 782
18. No. 12 No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783
19. No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784
20. No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 785
21. No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786
4 Duettos, BWV 802-805
22. No. 1 in E Minor, BWV 802
23. No. 2 in F Major, BWV 803
24. No. 3 in G Major, BWV 804
25. No. 4 in A Minor, BWV 805
Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079
26. Ricercar a 3
15 Sinfonias, BWV 787-801
27. No. 1 in C Major, BWV 787
28. No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 788
29. No. 3 in D Major, BWV 789
30. No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 790
31. No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 791
32. No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792
33. No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 793
34. No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794
35. No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 795
36. No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796
37. No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797
38. No. 12 in A Major, BWV 798
39. No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 799
40. No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 800
41. No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903
42. I. Fantasia
43. II. Fugue
After his landmark recording of some of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most important keyboard music, one of the great Bach interpreters of our time turns his attention to the composer’s preferred instrument.
The sound of the clavichord is, says Andrs Schiff, an invitation into “a new world, a quiet oasis in our noisy, troubled times. Thanks to the clavichord I now play and hear Bach differently.” An intimate and personal instrument – “a most gentle creature, ideal for playing alone” – it can also be, as Schiff notes, a demanding and unforgiving teacher. “On the clavichord we have only our fingers at our disposal, they must create the music with the finest gradations of touch.”
The early keyboard works are emphasized here, bringing us closer to the sounds of Bach’s day, and the “cantabile art” of the clavichord. The album opens with the Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratro dilettissmo, journeys through Inventions and Sinfonias, and concludes with an extraordinary account of the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue.
On this recording, Schiff’s first on the clavichord, he plays a replica of a 1743 Specken instrument, built by Belgian craftsman Joris Potvlieghe. The album was recorded in the Kammermusik Saal of Bonn’s Beethoven-Haus and produced by Manfred Eicher.