J.S.BACH: SONATAS FOR VIOLA DA GAMBA & HARPSICHORD

Sonata in G Major BWV 1027*
Sonata in D Major BWV 1028*
Sonata in G minor BWV 1029*
(*with viola and organ)

Suite for Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 818a

1 CD

Luca Lazzarini, viola
Nicola Reniero, harpsichord

Le tre Sonate contenute in questo album sono tra le composizioni più famose ed eseguite di Bach e costituiscono uno dei vertici della letteratura per viola da gamba. Per questa registrazione si è scelto tuttavia di utilizzare la viola da braccio, seguendo una prassi consolidata già in epoca barocca e che precede ed accompagna il declino della viola da gamba. La struttura di questi pezzi è quella di sonate in trio, genere assai praticato dall’autore. La struttura è sostanzialmente polifonica e non permette ad uno strumento di prevalere sull’altro. L’organo è stato utilizzato in questa registrazione in luogo del clavicembalo, in alcuni brani, per esplorare nuove soluzioni timbriche e proporre un diverso colore strumentale.

ENGLISH VERSION

The three sonatas by Bach of this album are likely to rank among the most famous and most performed compositions for viola da gamba, and they represent one of the tops of the literature for this instrument. Nevertheless for this recording was used the viola da braccio, according to the practice of the Baroque era which precedes and accompanies the decline of the viola da gamba. These pieces are composed as a trio sonata, a favourite genre by the Maestro. They are mainly based on polyphonic writing, in which no instrument prevails over the other. In some pieces the organ was used in place of the harpsichord, a choice of the performers to explore new varieties of timbre and offer different instrumental colours.

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Concerts avec plusieurs instruments
(Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-51)

E. Penzel & G. Haucke, horns
H. Holliger, M. Bourgue, H. Kull, oboes
K. Weihs, fagot
F. Ayo, violin
M. André, trumpet
S. Gazzelloni, M. Larrieu, F. Bruggen
J, Van Wingerde, flutes
J. Scholz, viola da gamba
M. T. Garatti, harpsichord

I MUSICI

FELIX AYO, HEINZ HOLLIGER, MAURICE ANDRÉ
SEVERINO GAZZELLONI, FRANS BRUGGEN

2 CD

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Sonatas for Violin &
Harpsichord BWV 1014/19

Schübler Chorales BWV 645/50
Partita for Solo Violin BWV 1006

Organ Prelude & Fugue BWV 543

Henryk Szeryng, violin
Helmuth Walcha, harpsichord & organ

Recordings: 1947/1969

2 CD

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Dieterich Duxtheude: Toccata in D, BuxWv 155

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelink: Toccata

Matthias Weckmann:

Canzon in C

Canzon dall’istesso Tuono

Johann Gottfried Walther: Concerto del Sig. Tomaso Albinoni appropriato all’Organo

Johann Pachelbel:

Ricercar in C

Ciaccona in D

Johann Sebastian Bach:

Fuga in C minor on Legrenzi’s theme BWV 574

Concerto in C Major, BWV 594

Johann Ludwig Krebs: Fantasia à gusto italiano, KWV 422

PINCHI ORGAN

1 CD

ILARIA CENTORRINO

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Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066

Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068

Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069

KARL RICHTER, conductor

MUENCHENER BACH-ORCHESTER

Recording: 1961

2 CD

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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007

Cello Suite No. 2, in D minor, BWV 1008

Cello Suite No. 3, in C Major, BWV 1009

Cello Suite No. 4, in E-flat Major, BWV 1010

Cello Suite No. 5, in C minor, BWV 1011

Cello Suite No. 6, in D Major, BWV 1012

A new and ground-breaking version of the Cello Suites

MARIANNE DUMAS

Marianne first discovered the music of Bach when she was only three years old. Fascinated by the sound of the church organ and the piano of her elder sister, her musical journey began. What helped her on her way was a succession of encounters with music teachers, friends and colleagues which led her to pursue her musical education at the Conservatoires of Bordeaux, Perpignan and Lyon as well as at Carnegie Mellon University, in the USA. In 2008 she went to Madrid and commenced a research project on the impact of posture, state of mind and breathing on the production of sound, always taking the Bach Cello Suites as her reference. Her research into the technique of playing the cello consequently took her to Berlin to gain a better understanding of the sound of the baroque cello, in collaboration with instrument makers and other experts specializing in the period. Shortly after her arrival in Berlin, Marianne made an important discovery that would dramatically change her perspective: what should have been only a minor exploration transformed into a major research project into the origins of the instrument and how it was played, which was followed by the recording of a new and ground-breaking version of the Bach Cello Suites. This recording of her own edition of the Cello Suites constitutes for her a first and fitting culmination point in this exciting venture.

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(2 CD)

J. S. Bach

• Three part Inventions (Sinfonias BWV 788-800)
• Contrapunctu 1,4,2 from The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080
• 6 Variations from Goldberg Variations
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor BWV 1052

Alban Berg

• Allegro from Piano Sonata Op. 1

Anton Webern

• Piano Variations, Op. 27

Ernst Krenek

• Allegretto piacevole & Adagio from Piano Sonata No. 3

L.V. Beethoven

• Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, OP. 19

LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, 1957

Ladislav Slovak

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FABIO ARMILIATO – MARCO SOLLINI – MARTA MARI

A night to remember Daniela Dessì

Ave Maria from: Pergolesi – Caccini/Vavilov – Calligaris – Guilmant – Bach – Stradella – Giacometti* – Gounod  – Mascagni – Armiliato* – Schibert – Sollini* – Franck

* First World recording

Special thanks to the Festival ARMONIE DELLA SERA

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Erns Haefliger – Walter Berry – Agnes Giebel – Marga Hoeffen – John van Kesteren – Franz Crass

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, 1965

Eugen Jochum

BRUCKNER: TE DEUM

Annelies Kupper – Lucretia West – Lorenz Fehenberger – Kim Borg

Chor uns Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, 1954

Eugen Jochum

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BACH: Magnificat

NEY YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, 1956-1959 

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

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