028948579488

J.s. Bach: Clavichord

Andras Schiff

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: 4857948

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Release Date:  27 January 2023

Label:  ECM New Series

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  028948579488

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    After his landmark recording of some of Johann Sebastian Bach's most important keyboard music, one of the great Bach interpreters of our time turns his attention to the composer's preferred instrument.

    The sound of the clavichord is, says András Schiff, an invitation into "a new world, a quiet oasis in our noisy, troubled times. Thanks to the clavichord I now play and hear Bach differently." An intimate and personal instrument - "a most gentle creature, ideal for playing alone" - it can also be, as Schiff notes, a demanding and unforgiving teacher. "On the clavichord we have only our fingers at our disposal, they must create the music with the finest gradations of touch."

    The early keyboard works are emphasized here, bringing us closer to the sounds of Bach's day, and the "cantabile art" of the clavichord. The album opens with the Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratro dilettissmo, journeys through Inventions and Sinfonias, and concludes with an extraordinary account of the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue.

    On this recording, Schiff's first on the clavichord, he plays a replica of a 1743 Specken instrument, built by Belgian craftsman Joris Potvlieghe. The album was recorded in the Kammermusik Saal of Bonn's Beethoven-Haus and produced by Manfred Eicher.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratro dilettissimo BWV 992, Arioso. Adagio. Ist eine Schmeichelung der Freunde, um denselben von der Reise abzuhalten
      • 2. Ist eine Vorstellung unterschiedlicher Casuum, die Fremde könnten vorfallen
      • 3. Adagiosissimo. Ist ein allgemeines Lamento der Freunde
      • 4. Allhier kommen die Freunde, weil sie doch sehen, nicht kann sein, und nehmen Abschied
      • 5. Aria di Postiglione. Adagio poco
      • 6. Fuga all' imitatione di Posta
      • 7. Inventions BWV 772-786, No. 1 in C major
      • 8. No. 2 in c minor
      • 9. No. 3 in D major
      • 10. No. 4 in d minor
      • 11. No. 5 in E-flat major
      • 12. No. 6 in E major
      • 13. No. 7 in e minor
      • 14. No. 8 in F major
      • 15. No. 9 in f minor
      • 16. No. 10 in G major
      • 17. No. 11 in g minor
      • 18. No. 12 in A-flat major
      • 19. No. 13 in a minor
      • 20. No. 14 in B-flat major
      • 21. No. 15 in b minor22
      • 22. Four Duets BWV 802-805, No. 1 in e minor
      • 23. No. 2 in F major
      • 24. No. 3 in G major
      • 25. No. 4 in a minor
      • 26. Ricercar à 3 from Das Musikalische Opfer BWV 1079

      Disc 2

      • 1. Sinfonias BWV 787-801, No. 1 in C major
      • 2. No. 2 in c minor
      • 3. No. 3 in D major
      • 4. No. 4 in d minor
      • 5. No. 5 in E-flat major
      • 6. No. 6 in E major
      • 7. No. 7 in e minor
      • 8. No. 8 in F major
      • 9. No. 9 in f minor
      • 10. No. 10 in G major
      • 11. No. 11 in g minor
      • 12. No. 12 in A major
      • 13. No. 13 in a minor
      • 14. No. 14 in B-flat major
      • 15. No. 15 in b minor
      • 16. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue BWV 903, Fantasia
      • 17. Fugue