Lux aeterna: Visions of Bach
Beatrice Berrut
AP100 - 1CD - 73' - Jan 12, 2015

"The sobriety and modesty of Bach's music are deeply moving. At a time when so much emphasis is placed on appearances, his music remains, spurring us on to introspection and raising existential questions that, despite the passage of centuries, remain relevant today.
I have chosen works transcribed by Busoni, Siloti or Kempff, rather than those written for the harpsichord, because their transcriptions stretch a thread between Bach's time and our modern world. This is tangible proof of the universality and timelessness of his music: it builds bridges between people of different centuries.
Thierry Escaich's music also has its roots in Bach. His latest works are reminiscent of the Leipzig cantor's music, yet strangely tinged with the colors of the 21st century: bouquets of colorful harmonies, frenzied rhythms, moments of mystical ecstasy". Béatrice Berrut
Recognized internationally and by her peers as an artist of the first rank, Swiss pianist Béatrice Berrut brings us, for her debut on the Aparté label, a very intimate vision of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. She is accompanied by a prototype Bösendorfer piano and Nicolas Bartholomée's microphones in the Flagey setting.


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
1. Siciliano, BWV 1031 Transcripted by Wilhelm Kempff
2. Aria, BWV 1068 Transcripted by Alexander Siloti
3. Chaconne, BWV 1004 Transcripted by Ferruccio Busoni (BV B 24) Orgel-Choralvorspiele, BV B 27 Transcripted by Ferruccio Busoni
4. Komm Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667
5. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
6. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
7. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein, BWV 734
8. Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
9. Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617
10. Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637
11. Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 705
12. In Dir ist Freude, BWV 615
13. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665

THIERRY ESCAICH Trois études baroques
14. Vivacissimo
15. Andante
16. Moderato
17. Jeux de doubles

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