J Bach S / Williams - Piano Music By J.S. Bach & Arvo Part [CD]
J Bach S / Williams - Piano Music By J.S. Bach & Arvo Part [CD]
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Somm Recordings and former BBC Young Musician Competition prize- winner Cordelia Williams present two sublime voices together for the first time on album in a poetic and probing coupling of the solo piano music of JS Bach - musical laureate of 17th-century Protestantism - and Arvo Pärt, principal voice of contemporary Holy Minimalism. Although a quarter of a millennia separates their births, both share a conviction that faith in God, as Williams notes in her introductory essay, "is the foundation of the creation of music." This pioneering coupling of the two composers reveals a surprising latticework of connections in their constant, shared striving for economy and essence. Pärt's signature chiming 'tintinnabuli' style is beautifully evoked in three pieces designed to console and comfort their dedicatees: the tolling, melancholic profundity of Für Alina; the quietly majestic and moving Für Anna Maria and the limpid, liquid invention of Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka. Composed for his 10-year-old son, Wilhelm Friedemann (himself later a composer of distinction), Bach's twin sets of 15 Two-part Inventions (BWV 772-86) and 15 Three-part Sinfonias (BWV 787-801) are much more than mere pedagogic primers. Williams finds in them a richness of technical design far beyond their apparent simplicity. Here, Williams reverts to Bach's original ordering of the pieces to chart a subtly revealing way through music as intimate as it is illuminating.
Tracklist:
- Für Anna Maria
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 1 In C Major, Bwv 772
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 4 In D Minor, Bwv 775
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 7 In E Minor, Bwv 778
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 8 In F Major, Bwv 779
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 10 In G Major, Bwv 781
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 13 In A Minor, Bwv 784
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 15 In B Minor, Bwv 786
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 14 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 785
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 12 In A Major, Bwv 783
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 11 In G Minor, Bwv 782
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 9 In F Minor, Bwv 780
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 777
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 5 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 776
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 774
- 2-Part Inventions: No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 773
- Für Alina
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 1 In C Major, Bwv 787
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 4 In D Minor, Bwv 790
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 7 In E Minor, Bwv 793
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 8 In F Major, Bwv 794
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 10 In G Major, Bwv 796
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 13 In A Minor, Bwv 799
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 15 In B Minor, Bwv 801
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 14 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 800
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 12 In A Major, Bwv 798
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 11 In G Minor, Bwv 797
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 9 In F Minor, Bwv 795
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 792
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 5 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 791
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 789
- 3-Part Inventions: No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 788
- Variationen Zur Gesundung Von Arinuschka
- Prelude In C Major, Bwv 924
UPC: 748871018624
Label: Somm Recordings
Release Date: 10.26.18
Format: CD
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