VIKINGUR OLAFSSON - JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
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35 tracks and just one name: Johann Sebastian Bach. Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson 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 Marcello, and Busoni and transcriptions/reworks of chorales by Víkingur Ólafsson himself.Víkingur Ólafsson's interpretations 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.
Track List
1. Prelude & Fughetta in G Major, BWV 902 - Prelude
2. Chorale Prelude, BWV 734 "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" (Transcr. by W. Kempff)
3. 04 Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 10)
4. Organ Sonata in E minor, BWV 528 - Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal)
5. 07 Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 5)
6. Chorale Prelude, BWV 659 "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Transcr. by Ferruccio Busoni)
7. 10 Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 2)
8. Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54 - Aria (Transcr. by Víkingur Ólafsson)
9. Aria Variata in A minor, BWV 989 - Aria
10. 22 Aria Variata in A minor, BWV 989 - Variations 1 - 10
11. Aria Variata in A minor, BWV 989 - Aria da capo
12. Invention No. 12 in A major, BWV 783
13. Sinfonia No. 12 in A major, BWV 798
14. Partita No. 3 for Violin Solo in E major, BWV 1006 - Gavotte (Transcr. by Sergei Rachmaninov)
15. Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855a - Prelude (Transc. in B minor by Alexander Siloti)
16. Sinfonia No. 15 in B minor, BWV 801
17. Invention No. 15 in B minor, BWV 786
18. 32 Cembalo Concerto in D minor, BWV 974
19. Chorale Prelude, BWV 639 "Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ" (Transc. by Ferruccio Busoni)
20. 35 Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904