简介
35 tracks and just one name: Johann Sebastian Bach. Icelandic pianist Víkingur Olafsson continues his successful recording career with a collection of well and lesser known pieces by the famous baroque composer. The selection includes reworks by Bach himself of composers such as Vivaldi and Busoni and Transcriptions / Reworks of Chorals by Víkingur Ólafsson himself. Víkingur Olafsson’s interpretation of the baroque repertoire are crystal clear, modern and hauntingly beautiful. In his very own style Víkingur perfectly captures Bach as a master of balance whose music is the ideal combination of emotion and intellect, singing melody and sculpted counterpoint.
tracks
1. Prelude & Fughetta in G Major, BWV 902: I. Prelude
2. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, Chorale Prelude BWV 734 (Transcr. Wilhelm Kempff)
3. Prelude & Fugue in E Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 10), BWV 855: I. Prelude
4. Prelude & Fugue in E Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 10), BWV 855: II. Fugue
5. Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal)
6. Prelude & Fugue in D Major (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 5), BWV 850: I. Prelude
7. Prelude & Fugue in D Major (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 5), BWV 850: II. Fugue
8. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, Chorale Prelude BWV 659 (Transcr. by Ferruccio Busoni)
9. Prelude & Fugue in C Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 2), BWV 847: I. Prelude
10. Prelude & Fugue in C Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 2), BWV 847: II. Fugue
11. Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54 (Transcr. by Víkingur Ólafsson)
12. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Aria
13. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation I. Largo
14. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation II
15. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation III
16. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation IV. Allegro
17. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation V. Un poco allegro
18. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation VI. Andante
19. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation VII. Un poco allegro
20. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation VIII. Allegro
21. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation IX
22. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation X
23. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Aria da capo
24. Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783
25. Sinfonia No. 12 in A Major, BWV 798
26. Suite from the Partita No. 3 in E Major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006: II. Gavotte (Transcr. by Sergey Rachmaninov)
27. Prelude in E Minor, BWV 855/I (Arr. Siloti in B Minor)
28. Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801
29. Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786
30. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: I. Andante
31. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio
32. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: III. Presto
33. Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ, Chorale Prelude BWV 639 (Transcr. by Ferruccio Busoni)
34. Fantasia & Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904: I. Fantasia
35. Fantasia & Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904: II. Fugue