Bach: Leipzig Organ Works (1723-1750) Maude Gratton

• 1 Praludium 08:48
• 2 Fuge 06:27
• 3 O Lamm Gottes 08:09
• 4 I. Adagio, vivace 02:39
• 5 II. Andante 04:19
• 6 III. Un poco allegro 02:26
• 7 Variation 1 (In canone all ottava a 2 clav. e pedal) 01:21
• 8 Variation 2 (Alio modo in canone alla quinta a 2 clav. e pedal) 01:26
• 9 Variation 3 (In canone alla settima, cantabile) 02:46
• 10 Variation 4 (A 2 clav. e pedal. per augmentationem in canone all ottava) 02:47
• 11 Variation 5 (Laltra sorte del canone all rovercio. Alla sesta - Alla terza - Alla seconda - Alla nona) 02:47
• 12 Duetto No. 1 02:27
• 13 Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665 04:56
• 14 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 04:10
• 15 Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668 04:57
• 16 Praludium 06:05
• 17 Fuge 07:21
• Total Runtime 01:13:51

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Bekannte und weniger bekannte Orgelwerke des Thomaskantors Die begabte Cembalistin und Organistin Maude Gratton ist eine Künstlerin auf der ständigen Suche nach Perfektion. Während ihrer Ausbildung am Pariser Conservatoire waren ihre Lehrer so große Meister wie Pierre Hantaï für das Cembalo und Louis Robilliard für die Orgel. Daneben studierte sie auch bei Olivier Baumont, Blandine Rannou, Kenneth Weiss, Michel Bouvard, Olivier Latry und Olivier Trachier.

Es war also ganz klar, dass Philippe Herreweghe, der stets um das Fortkommen junger Musiker bemüht ist, Maude Gratton dazu einladen würde, innerhalb der „Friends of PHI“-Reihe ein Album einzuspielen.

Für dieses Album hat sich Maude Gratton das für ihr Können ideale Programm ausgewählt: In einem intelligenten Rundumblick präsentiert sie Orgelwerke von Johann Sebastian Bach zwischen den Präludien und Fugen in e-Moll und Es-Dur, BWV548 und 552, Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665, die kanonischen Variationen über ‘Vom Himmel hoch’, BWV 769 und die Orgelsonate Nr. 4, BWV 528.

Maude Gratton, Cembalo

Maude Gratton
Born in Niort in 1983, Maude Gratton pursues a solo career in France and abroad on the organ, the harpsichord and the fortepiano. She also performs regularly with such musicians as Philippe Pierlot, Damien Guillon, Bruno Cocset and Jérôme Hantaï. For some years now she has been a member of Collegium Vocale Gent (director Philippe Herreweghe) and Le Concert Français (director Pierre Hantaï).

Since 2011 she has been artistic director of two projects she founded in the Poitou-Charentes region, the Académie de Musique de Saint-Loup and the Musiques en Gâtine festival. She also teaches the organ and the harpsichord at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent and is a faculty member of the Vannes Early Music Institute, directed by Bruno Cocset.

Her first recording (works by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach on Mirare) won a Diapason d’Or of the year for 2009 and was named Critics’ Choice in Gramophone. She then took part as organ soloist in the first recording of works by J. S. Bach by Le Banquet Céleste under the direction of Damien Guillon. Subsequent recordings (all on Mirare) have included a Weckmann programme with the Ricercar Consort under Philippe Pierlot (Choc de l’Année in Classica), the sonatas for cello and pianoforte of Georges Onslow (with Emmanuel Jacques) and Bach’s Musical Offering (with the Ricercar Consort).

Maude Gratton graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in harpsichord, continuo, organ and Renaissance counterpoint. In 2003 she won second prize at the Bruges International Organ Competition, and she was named ‘Young Soloist 2006’ by the Association of French-Speaking Public Radio Stations.

Il Convito
The chamber ensemble Il Convito was founded in 2005 by the harpsichordist and organist Maude Gratton. Its repertory consists of music ranging from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century, focusing on harpsichord, grand organ or fortepiano, and played on period instruments. In 2007 the ensemble won a place on the Déclic programme supported by Cultures France and Radio France. It has already appeared at numerous festivals, including La Roque d’Anthéron, Saintes, Sablé, Arques-la-Bataille, La Folle Journée de Nantes, the Bach Academy in Bruges, Midi-Minimes in Brussels, and Musiques en Gâtine. Foreign tours have taken it to Washington, Ottawa, Sweden, and South and Central America.

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