Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Benedetto Marcello, Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Justin Taylor
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA998
Release: 2023
Size: 2.52 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Scarlatti: Toccata in D Minor: Arpeggio
02. Bach: Chromatic Fantasia in D minor, BWV903a
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor (after Marcello), BWV974
03. I. [Andante]
04. II. Adagio
05. III. Presto
Bach: Organ Concerto in D minor (after Vivaldi), BWV596
06. Largo
Bach: Organ Concerto in C major (after Vivaldi), BWV594
07. Allegro – Cadenza – Allegro (Transcr. for Harpsichord by Justin Taylor)
Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV971
08. I. […]
09. II. Andante
10. III. Presto
Marcello: Sonata VII for Harpsichord
11. Adagio
Bach: Concerto in C Major, BWV Anh. 151
12. Andante
13. Bach: Prelude in C minor, BWV921
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F major (after Vivaldi), BWV978
14. I. Allegro
15. II. Largo
16. III. Allegro
Scarlatti: Toccata for Harpsichord in G Minor, No. 6
17. Largo
Vivaldi: Flautino Concerto in C major, RV443
18. Largo
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in B minor (after Torelli), BWV 979
19. Andante
20. Bach: Toccata in E minor, BWV914
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D major (after Vivaldi), BWV972
21. I. Allegro
22. II. Larghetto
23. III. Allegro
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in G major (after Vivaldi), BWV973
24. Largo
Johann Sebastian Bach hardly ever left his native Saxony, yet he was always up to date on what was going on elsewhere in Europe. Naturally, he paid close attention to innovations from Italy, the cradle of the concertante style, and instilled transalpine sparkle in his brilliant counterpoint, especially in his keyboard works. Proof of this may be found in the pieces based on originals by the Venetians Antonio Vivaldi and Benedetto Marcello, in which Bach transcends everything with his polyphonic genius. In the large-scale Italian Concerto, the future composer of the Goldberg Variations revisits Corelli and, once again, Vivaldi.
After several solo recordings devoted to musical dynasties (La Famille Forqueray, La Famille Rameau and Les Freres Francoeur), Justin Taylor sets off on a voyage of exploration of Bach and Italy.