Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Christophe Rousset
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP010
Release: 2010
Size: 1.49 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Fantaisie en la mineur, BWV 922
Fantaisie et Fugue en la mineur, BWV 904
02. 1. Fantaisie
03. 2. Fugue
Prélude et Fugue en fa majeur, BWV 901
04. Prélude
05. 2. Fugue
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo en si bémol majeur, BWV 992
06. I. Arioso – Ad
07. II. Ist eine
08. III. Adagiosi
09. IV. Allhier ko
10. V. Allegro poc
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo en si bémol majeur, BWV 997
11. VI. Fuga all’
Prélude, Fugue et Allegro en mi bémol majeur, BWV 998
12. 1. Prélude
13. 2. Fugue
14. 3. Allegro
15. Adagio en sol majeur
Prélude et Fughetta en sol majeur, BWV 902
16. Prélude
17. Fughetta
Prélude et Fugue en la mineur, BWV 894
18. 1. Prélude
19. 2. Fugue
Air varié en la mineur, BWV 989
20. I. Aria
21. II. Varaition 1: Largo
22. III. Variation 2
23. IV. Variation 3
24. V. Variation 4: Allegro
25. VI. Variation 5: Un poco allegro
26. VII. Variation 6: Andante
27. VIII. Variation 7: Un poco allegro
28. IX. Variation 8: Allegro
29. X. Variation 9
30. XI. Variation 10
As harpsichordist, conductor, and musical director of the ensemble Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset is one of the finest interpreters of Baroque music. His first recording for Aparté, devoted to Louis Couperin, was received most enthusiastically by public and critics alike, and collected many distinctions in the international press including BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice.
Now at the peak of his maturity, the artist presents an original programme, Bach Fantasy, in which he treats us to little-known works but also standards by the great J.S. Bach. Apart from the important sets of works, including the Goldberg Variations, the Well-Tempered Clavier, the keyboard Suites and Partitas, many miscellaneous pieces by Bach have come down to us in the hand of his pupils and admirers: early essays, pieces of a didactic nature, evocations of emotions, and sometimes all of the above. Christophe Rousset plays these pieces on the 1632 Ruckers harpsichord of Neuchâtel, one of the finest in the world.