J S Bach - Preludes & Fugues
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Label: Naive
Cat No: OP30564
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 2nd October 2015
Contents
Works
Fughetta in C minor, BWV961Fugue in A minor, BWV947
Fugue in B minor on a theme by Albinoni, BWV951
Fugue in C major, BWV946
Fugue in C major, BWV952
Fugue in C major, BWV953
Fugue in D minor, BWV948
Fugue in E Minor, BWV956
Fugue in G major, BWV957
Little Preludes (5), BWV939-943
Prelude and Fughetta in F major, BWV901
Prelude and Fughetta in G major, BWV902
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV902
Prelude in B Minor, BWV923
Prelude in C minor, BWV999
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, BWV870-893
Artists
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)Works
Fughetta in C minor, BWV961Fugue in A minor, BWV947
Fugue in B minor on a theme by Albinoni, BWV951
Fugue in C major, BWV946
Fugue in C major, BWV952
Fugue in C major, BWV953
Fugue in D minor, BWV948
Fugue in E Minor, BWV956
Fugue in G major, BWV957
Little Preludes (5), BWV939-943
Prelude and Fughetta in F major, BWV901
Prelude and Fughetta in G major, BWV902
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV902
Prelude in B Minor, BWV923
Prelude in C minor, BWV999
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, BWV870-893
Artists
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)About
For his first solo harpsichord recording in five years, Rinaldo Alessandrini has selected a very personal selection of preludes and fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach. These short works are not part of 'The Well-Tempered Clavier' and the Roman maestro Alessandrini has connected them by key and by their spirit in order to build a unique recital shedding new light on Bach’s music.
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichordist, fortepianist and organist, in addition to his role as founder-director of Concerto Italiano, has been a presence on the early music scene for some 20 years now. His discography includes not only Italian music, but also composers of the German school. It has garnered the highest critical plaudits, including two Grands Prix du Disque, three Deutsche Schallplattenpreise and, as of 2015, five Gramophone Awards, all for discs with Concerto Italiano. He now records exclusively for Naïve.
“This recording seeks to offer a coherent collection of compositions, unheard of at the time, that differ in both style and period: isolated preludes, brought together in small didactic collections with equally-isolated fugues, that were composed without the introduction that usually preceded them. Much, but not all, of this music dates back to Köthen. It takes us on a journey through different collections: the Clavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedmann; the Menpell-Preller manuscript dating 1730-1740 and having belonged to Johann Nikolaus Mempell, a student of Bach; the various ‘Kellner manuscripts’. We have coupled ‘preludes and fugues’ according to their tonality and assembled them using contrasting criteria.” - Rinaldo Alessandrini
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