Bach: Works for Piano & Orchestra Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra & Volker Hartung

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (Arr. V. Hartung for Orchestra):
• 1 Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (Arr. V. Hartung for Orchestra) 08:53
• Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582 (Arr. V. Hartung for String Orchestra)
• 2 Bach: Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582 (Arr. V. Hartung for String Orchestra) 12:32
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052:
• 3 Bach: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro 07:34
• 4 Bach: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: II. Adagio 07:06
• 5 Bach: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: III. Allegro 07:53
• Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 "Coffee Cantata":
• 6 Bach: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 "Coffee Cantata": VIII. Heute noch, lieber Vater 06:28
• Total Runtime 50:26

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Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) is by far the best-known organ work of European art music. It is traditionally attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, even if his authorship was occasionally doubted. The composition consists of three sections: a toccata, i.e. a prelude (prelude) of fast runs and full-grip chords, and a subsequent four-part fugue, which in turn leads to a final section called "Recitativo," which again takes up the quasi-improvisational character of the beginning. Clear motivic and harmonious references connect all parts.

The work begins with three characteristic rapid calls of both hands in octaves; a reduced septal chord follows above the organ point of the basic tone of its dissolution. Thus, the essential melodic material is already presented, from which the further course develops. Thus, the sept chord structures fast passages, and similarly, it forms the basis for the virtuoso figures in arpeggiated form, in which both hands are always guided in parallel. "Diminished Sept and Neapolitan sex chords form a combination of ancient and modern harmony, which seems almost characteristic of the young Bach." ...

Natasa Majer, piano
Alexandra Prahl, soprano
Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra
Volker Hartung, conductor

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