JS Bach - Miscellaneous Pieces for Harpsichord
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96065
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 7th October 2022
Contents
Works
Aria variata in A minor, BWV989 'alla maniera Italiana'Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, BWV992
Fantasia in A minor, BWV922
Fugue in A minor, BWV947
Keyboard Sonata in A minor, BWV967
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat major, BWV998
Suite in F minor, BWV823
Artists
Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord)Works
Aria variata in A minor, BWV989 'alla maniera Italiana'Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, BWV992
Fantasia in A minor, BWV922
Fugue in A minor, BWV947
Keyboard Sonata in A minor, BWV967
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat major, BWV998
Suite in F minor, BWV823
Artists
Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord)About
On this new album, recorded in 2020 and 2021 on a modern Titus Crijnen copy of a Ruckers model, Pieter-Jan Belder turns to the overlooked corners of Bach’s early writing for the harpsichord. These include standalone fugues, fantasias and suites based on themes by contemporary composers such as Reincken and Albinoni. Nevertheless, there is no sense of routine or technical exercise about them.
The pieces here are almost all extrovert, playing to the strengths of the young Bach as a performer as well as composer, and already demonstrating that confidence which would go on to mark his mature compositions. An appreciation of French flair is discernible in the F minor Suite BWV823 and elsewhere, but the dominant influence is the keyboard writing of Girolamo Frescobaldi, whose toccatas and canzonas were studied by Bach from an early age.
The better-known pieces here include the sober and songful Aria variata BWV989 with its courtly French theme, and the E flat Prelude, Fugue and Allegro originally written for lute, but which also finds a happy home on the harpsichord. The most famous but also most uncharacteristic piece is the mysterious Capriccio ‘on the departure of a beloved brother’ which appears to be a work of Bach’s late teenage years, though no definite corroborative proof of its commission or purpose has yet come to light. Rather, it seems unique in Bach’s output as a humorous parody of styles and emotions.
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