Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Louis Couperin, Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer, Johann Jakob Froberger, Johann Joseph Fux
Performer: Andreas Staier
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA1012
Release: 2024
Size: 1.32 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Fischer: Ariadne Musica: No. 8, Prelude & Fugue in E major
02. Fux: Gradus ad Parnassum: Fugue
03. Fischer: Ariadne Musica: No. 2, Prelude & Fugue in C sharp minor
04. Couperin: Pavane in F sharp minor
05. Fischer: Ariadne Musica: No. 4, Prelude & Fugue in D major
06. Froberger: Ricercar IV, FbWV 404
07. Fischer: Ariadne Musica: No. 16, Prelude & Fugue in A major
08. Froberger: Méditation faite sur ma mort future, la quelle se joue lentement avec discretion, à Paris 1 mai Anno 1660
09. Froberger: Fantasia II a-moll FbWV 202
Staier: Anklänge. Six Pieces for Harpsichord
10. I. Tempo flessibile
11. II. Largo
12. III. Con forza
13. IV. Un poco più lento del Preludio BWV 878 / 1
14. V. Sempre legatissimo
15. VI. Esitando
Bach: Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 9 in E major, BWV878
16. I. Praeludium
17. II. Fuga
Andreas Staier’s informed and inspired interpretations have left their mark on the discography of both the harpsichord and the fortepiano and have enabled us to see Bach, Mozart and Schubert in a completely new light. This is Staier’s first solo album of a projected series for Alpha Classics, in which he also presents his own compositions for the first time. “Two motifs connect the works in this recording: the first is a ancient cantus firmus, a melody in long notes […] the second is the interval sequence of octave, fifth, sixth, and third. […] Anklänge , my six pieces for harpsichord, grew out of several conversations I had with the composer Brice Pauset about what it means to compose in our time, and in particular what it implies to compose for historical instruments. This led me to ask myself how I could express and capture my own conception of music in notes, marked as it is not only by Byrd, Bach and Schubert, but also by the music of the 20 th and 21 st centuries.”