Christophe Rousset
AP010 - 1CD - 76' - Nov 4, 2010
Christophe Rousset is a world-renowned artist. Harpsichordist, conductor and musical director of the "Les Talens lyriques" ensemble, he has established himself as one of the greatest interpreters of Baroque music. Diapason d'or / Arte, his first recording for the Aparté label, dedicated to Louis Couperin, was warmly received by the public and garnered numerous distinctions in the international press. For this second recording, the maturing artist signs an original program, Bach Fantasy, an invitation to travel through little-known works and standards by J.S. Bach. From the famous Kantor, we know the Goldberg Variations, the Well-Tempered Clavier, the Suites and Partitas for harpsichord. But alongside these great collections and powerful masterpieces, posterity has bequeathed us numerous separate pieces, copied by his pupils and admirers, youthful essays, didactic pages or reflections of the emotion of the moment, and sometimes all together. Picking all these flowers offers us a marvellous bouquet... Christophe Rousset plays the Neuchâtel Ruckers harpsichord, one of the finest in the world.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
1. Fantasia in A minor BWV 922
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor BWV 904
2. Fantaisie / Fantasia
3. Fugue
Prelude and Fugue in F major BWV 901
4. Prélude / Prelude
5. Fugue
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo in B flat major BWV 992
6. I. Arioso – Adagio Ist eine Schmeichelung der Freunde, um denselben von seiner Reise abzuhalten
7. II. Ist eine Vorstellung unterschiedlicher Casuum, die ihm in der Fremde könnten vorfallen
8. III. Adagiosissimo – Ist ein allgemeines Lamento der Freunde
9. IV. Allhier kommen die Freunde, weil sie doch sehen, dass es anders nicht sein kann, und nehmen Abschied
10. V. Allegro poco – Aria del Postiglione
11. VI. Fuga all’ imitation della posta
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat major BWV 998
12. Prélude / Prelude
13. Fugue
14. Allegro
15. Adagio in G major, from Violin Sonata in C major BWV 968
Prelude and Fughetta in G major BWV 902
16. Prélude / Prelude
17. Fughetta
Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 894
18. Prélude / Prelude
19. Fugue
Aria variata in A minor BWV 989
20. I. Aria
21. II. Variation 1 – Largo
22. III. Variation 2
23. IV. Variation 3
24. V. Variation 4 – Allegro
25. VI. Variation 5 – Un poco allegro
26. VII. Variation 6 – Andante
27. VIII. Variation 7 – Un poco allegro
28. IX. Variation 8 – Allegro
29. X. Variation 9
30. XI. Variation 10
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