Bach & Shostakovich: Salvation

Bach, Johann Sebastian, Shostakovich, Dmitry

G.A.P. Ensemble, Mields, Dorothee

97280

This innovative concept album brings together two composers worlds. Centuries apart, but still intensely and closely connected: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975).

Shostakovich about Bach: : "Bach's influence is truly enormous. I play Bach every day. For us, Bach's legacy is an embodiment of flaming emotion, soulful humanity and true humanism, which stands in contrast to the dark world of raw evil and contempt for humanity.” Shostakovich played both volumes of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier already at the age of twelve. For him: "Every prelude and fugue by Bach can be played at any tempo, with or without any nuance, in any case it will be wonderful. That is how one must compose".

The concept of Salvation, the healing and connecting power of music, shines through in the works presented here: arias from Bach Cantatas, a Bach Violin Sonata with B.C. and two Preludes and Fugues from his Well-Tempered Clavier are included, as are Shostakovich Piano Trio Op. 8 and his 7 Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok.

Soprano Dorothee Mields is one of the leading interpreters of 17th- and 18th-century music and is admired for her unique timbre and moving interpretations. She regularly collaborates with the Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs- Élysées, Netherlands Bach Society, Freiburger Barockorchester, Bachakademie Stuttgart and many others.

The period instrument G.A.P. Ensemble consists of Emilio Percan, violin, Oriol Aymat Fusté, violoncello, and Luca Quintavalle, harpsichord/fortepiano. They worked with artists like Viktoria Mullova, Daniel Hope, Cecilia Bartoli, Christophe Rousset, Fabio Biondi, Julia Lezhneva, Raffaella Milanesi and Hille Perl and performed at some of the most renowned concert halls in the world, for example Berliner Philharmonie, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Tokyo Opera City Center Hall and Palau de la Música Barcelona.

Works:

• Bach, J S: Cantata BWV 204, Ich bin in mir vergnügt: Recit. 'Ich bin in mir vergnügt'
• Bach, J S: Cantata BWV120a 'Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge': Aria. 'Leit, o Gott, durch deine Liebe'
• Bach, J S: Cantata BWV161 'Komm, du süsse Todesstunde': Recit. 'Welt, deine Lust ist Last'
• Bach, J S: Cantata BWV171 'Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm': Recit. 'Du Süßer Jesus-Name du'
• Bach, J S: Cantata BWV210 'O holder Tag, erwunschte Zeit' (Wedding Cantata): Recit. 'So glaubt man denn, dass die Musik verführe?'
• Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 6 in D minor, BWV875
• Bach, J S: Violin Sonata in G major, BWV1021
• Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
• Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 87 No. 5 in D major
• Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127

CD x 1

Brilliant Classics

2024-03-05

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