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Bach: A Well-Tempered Conversation - Julian Lieber (2 CDs)

Bach: A Well-Tempered Conversation - Julian Lieber (2 CDs)

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To mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Julien Libeer had the idea of presenting it in an unusual light: here he initiates a dialogue in which Bach’s major-key prelude-and-fugue pairs ‘converse’ with later pieces (in the corresponding minor keys) by composers who, in their own way, have built upon the advances Johann Sebastian made in his foundational undertaking. Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Ligeti, and Schoenberg are all part of the conversation with the Leipzig Cantor in this intricate play of mirrors...

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in C major BWV 846
C-Dur / Ut majeur (1'59)
· Fugue in C major BWV 846
C-Dur / Ut majeur (1'51)

 


LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN [1770-1827]
· Bagatelle in C minor WoO 52 (Presto)
c-Moll / ut mineur (4'29)

 


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in C-sharp major BWV 848
Cis-Dur / Do dièse majeur (1'13)
· Fugue in C-sharp major BWV 848
Cis-Dur / Do dièse majeur (2'25)

 


FREDERIC CHOPIN [1810-1849]
· Mazurka in C sharp minor op. 50 no. 3 (Moderato)
cis-Moll / do dièse mineur (5'07)

 


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in D major BWV 850
D-Dur / ré majeur (1'12)
· Fugue in D major BWV 850
D-Dur / ré majeur (1'54)

 


SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943]
· Prelude in D minor op. 23 no.3
d-Moll / ré mineur (3'41)

 


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in E-flat major BWV 852
Es-Dur / mi bémol majeur (3'31)
· Fugue in E-flat major BWV 852
Es-Dur / mi bémol majeur (1'38)

 


GABRIEL FAURÉ [1845-1924]
· Prelude in E flat minor op. 103 no. 6
es-Moll / mi bémol mineur (2'08)

 


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in E major BWV 854
E-Dur / mi majeur (1'20)
· Fugue in E major BWV 854
E-Dur / mi majeur (1'05)

 


MAURICE RAVEL [1875-1937]
· Fugue (Allegro moderato) in E minor from Le Tombeau de Couperin
e-Moll / mi mineur (3'17)

 


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in F major BWV 856
F-Dur / fa majeur (1'01)
· Fugue in F major BWV 856
F-Dur / fa majeur (1'18)

 


WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART [1756-1791]
· Fantasia in F minor for a Mechanical Organ, K.608
Phantasie in f-Moll für eine Orgelwalze / Fantaisie en fa mineur pour orgue mécanique (9'27)

 

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in F-sharp major BWV 858
Fis-Dur / fa dièse majeur (1'34)
· Fugue in F-sharp major BWV 858
Fis-Dur / fa dièse majeur (1'49)

 


JOHANNES BRAHMS [1833-1897]
· Capriccio (Un poco agitato) in F sharp minor op. 76 no. 1
fis-Moll / fa dièse mineur (3'35)

 


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in G major BWV 860
G-Dur / sol majeur (0'49)
· Fugue in G major BWV 860
G-Dur / sol majeur (2'31)

 


DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH [1906-1975]
· Prelude in G minor op. 34 no. 22
g-Moll / sol mineur (2'17)

 


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in A-flat major BWV 862
As-Dur / la bémol majeur (1'19)
· Fugue in A-flat major BWV 862
As-Dur / la bémol majeur (2'15)

 


FERRUCCIO BUSONI [1866-1924]
· Prelude (Andantino) in G sharp minor op. 37 no. 12 (BV 181/12)
gis-Moll / sol dièse mineur (2'27)

 


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in A major BWV 864
A-Dur / la majeur (1'11)
· Fugue in A major BWV 864
A-Dur / la majeur (2'07)

 


GYÖRGY LIGETI [1923-2006]
· Musica ricercata I on A (Sostenuto) A/La (2'29)

 


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in B-flat major BWV 866
B-Dur / Si bémol majeur (1'17)
· Fugue in B-flat major BWV 866
B-Dur / Si bémol majeur (1'44)

 


MAX REGER [1873-1916]
· Two-part Canon in B flat minor no. 19 from 111 Canons in all Minor
and Major Keys, WoO III/4, Book 1 Kanons durch alle Dur- und Molltonarten,
Heft I 111 Canons en toutes les tonalités majeures et mineures pour piano, Livre 1 (1'35)

 


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in B major BWV 868
H-Dur / si majeur (1'08)
· Fugue in B major BWV 868
H-Dur / si majeur (1'57)

 


ARNOLD SCHOENBERG [1874-1951]
· Sechs kleine Klavierstücke Op. 19
Six Little Piano Pieces
Six petites pièces pour piano (5'47)

 


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]
· Prelude in C major BWV 846
C-Dur / Ut majeur (2'16)

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