Simon Johnson - B-A-C-H - Anatomy of a Motif: Bach, Brahms, Karg-Elert, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Reger, Schumann (2022)
Simon Johnson - B-A-C-H - Anatomy of a Motif: Bach, Brahms, Karg-Elert, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Reger, Schumann (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 574 Mb | Total time: 135:06 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHSA 5285(2) | Recorded: 2021
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 574 Mb | Total time: 135:06 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHSA 5285(2) | Recorded: 2021
In mu sical notation in Germany, the letter ‘h’ is used to represent the note b natural. So, the name ‘Bach’ forms an elegant phrase of two pairs of falling semitones. This proved an inspiration to Johann Sebastian, whose musical ‘signature’ appears again and again throughout his extensive output. Two shining examples are included on this album – the ‘unfinished fugue’ Contrapunctus XIV à 4 from Die Kunst der Fuge (as completed by Lionel Rogg) and the exquisite Ricercar à 6 from Musikalisches Opfer. Bach’s signature – as well as musical invention – has directly influenced scores of other composers down the years, as evidenced by the works included here, from Mendelssohn to Karg-Elert. The organist and, from 2008 until 2021, Assistant Director of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral, Simon Johnson has used his knowledge and insight to construct this programme to demonstrate the extraordinary range and scope of the cathedral’s organ. Expertly recorded by the Chandos technical team, this album provides an outstanding testament to this fine instrument and to the unique acoustic of the world-renowned cathedral in which it sits.
Performer:
Simon Johnson, organ
Track List:
CD1:
Johann Sebastian Bach
01. Contrapunctus XIV à 4 in D minor (‘Unfinished Fugue’)
from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080
Felix Mendelssohn
02-04. Sonata in D minor on the Chorale ‘O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden’
Robert Schumann
05-10. Sechs Fugen über den Namen ‘Bach’, Op. 60
Johannes Brahms
11. Fugue in A flat minor, WoO 8
CD2:
Johann Sebastian Bach
01. Ricercar à 6 in C minor
from the First Part, ‘Regis Iussu Cantio Et Reliqua Canonica Arte Resoluta’, of Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 (1747)
Franz Liszt
02-05. Präludium und Fuge über den Namen B-A-C-H, S 260
Max Reger
06-07. Fantasie und Fuge über B-A-C-H in B flat minor, Op. 46
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
08-13. Passacaglia and Fugue on B-A-C-H in B flat minor, Op. 150
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Simon Johnson - B-A-C-H - Anatomy of a Motif: Bach, Brahms, Karg-Elert, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Reger, Schumann (2022)
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