Pierre Charvet
AP450D - 21'38 - Aug 21, 2026
Bach on synthesizers
What if Bach's fugues had always been written for electronic keyboards? This album reimagines fourteen masterworks through sounds that became legendary in pop and rock: Stevie Wonder's Clavinet, Supertramp's Wurlitzer, Pink Floyd's Rhodes, Elton John's DX7, alongside the cult synths of the 80s (MiniMoog, Jupiter, Juno, Synclavier, Fairlight), all recreated through Arturia's collections. Each piece was reworked note by note on computer: tempos, nuances, balances and tonal colors sculpted with an interpreter's rigor. A lifelong passion for the artist, who was already recording extracts from The Art of Fugue on a DX7 and Korg MS10 as a teenager. Forty years later, the journey continues.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Prelude No. 2 in C Minor BWV 847 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I) 1’30
2. Prelude No. 5 in D Major BWV 850 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I) 1’23
3. Prelude No. 6 in D Minor BWV 851 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I) 1’22
4. Prelude No. 1 in C Major BWV 846 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I) 1’37
5. Minuet in D minor BWV Anh. 132 (Notebook from Anna Magdalena Bach) 1’11
6. Invention No. 1 in C Major BWV 772 1’15
7. Invention No. 4 in D Minor BWV 775 0’51
8. Invention No. 8 in F Major BWV 779 0’58
9. Invention No. 13 in A Minor BWV 784 2’13
10. Little Prelude in C Major BWV 924 1’48
11. Little Prelude in C Major BWV 934 1’54
12. Little Prelude in C Major BWV 999 1’05
13. Little Prelude in C Major BWV 926 1’06
14. Adagio (Concerto in D Minor BWV 974, after Alessandro Marcello) 3’25
