Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Luciano Berio, Astor Piazzólla, Yann Robin, Domenico Scarlatti, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Performer: João Barradas
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Fuga Libera
Catalogue: FUG786
Release: 2021
Size: 2.07 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor
02. Robin: E[N]IGMA
03. Sweelinck: Fantasia Contraria in G Dorico
Bach: English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV808
04. I. Prélude
05. II. Allemande
06. III. Courante
07. IV. Sarabande
08. V. Les agréments de la même Sarabande
09. VI. Gavote I
10. VII. Gavote II ou la Musette
11. VIII. Gavote I da capo
12. IX. Gigue
13. Bach: Chorale Prelude BWV721 ‘Erbarm’ dich mein, o Herre Gott’
CD 02
01. Bach: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582
02. Berio: Sequenza XIII for accordion ‘Chanson’
Piazzólla: Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
03. I. Otono Porteno
04. II. Invierno Porteno
05. III. Verano Porteno
06. IV. Primavera Portena
07. Bach: Cantata BWV106 ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ (Actus tragicus): Sinfonia
João Barradas records his first classical album with music by composers as different as J. S. Bach, Luciano Berio, Yann Robin, D. Scarlatti, J. P. Sweelinck and Astor Piazzolla. Barradas became the first accordionist to receive the ECHO Rising Star distinction from the European Concert Hall Organization. This double album comprises the entirety of the programme recently presented in concert halls as diverse as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Philharmonie de Paris and Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York. The accordionist has won some of the most prestigious international accordion competitions, including the World Accordion Trophy (CMA), which he has won twice, the Coupe Mondiale of Accordion (CIA), the International Castelfidardo Contest and the Okud Istra International Competition. This recording is made in collaboration with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Casa da Música Porto and the Luxembourg Philharmonie.
For my first classical album, I wanted to mix original works for my instrument with transcriptions of works by composers whose art had created and formed my love for Western classical music, and so I created a wide-ranging programme. One choice was obvious: the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, then came Domenico Scarlatti and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. My first choices of music written specifically for accordion were works by Luciano Berio and Astor Piazzolla, a composer and a performer who gave the accordion a new musical language. The programme is completed with the French composer Yann Robin, who composed his E[NI]GMA for me and made me its dedicatee.