Goldberg Variations (arranged for viols) / The Art of Fugue / Alio modo
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J. S. BACH
Goldberg Variations (arranged for viols) / The Art of Fugue / Alio modo
Fretwork
[ Harmonia Mundi Key Artist & Ensemble Sets / 3 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 November 2015
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For the first time in 3 CD sets, discover these major recording projects matured over many years by ensembles and musicians of harmonia mundi including Fretwork's Bach recordings.
"An unusually stately opening Aria begins a fascinating viol consort arrangement of this oft-recorded work...This reviewer's initial skepticism soon vanished. Cogent, moving and and superbly recorded, it is perhaps a 'meditation on' rather than an 'arrangement of' the Goldbergs." Classical Music, 22nd October 2011 **** (Goldbergs)
"Since Fretwork is the finest viol consort on the planet, this version is among the most desirable available" Evening Standard, 5 December 2002 (The Art of Fugue)
"It's a privilege to eavesdrop as Fretwork -technically immaculate and excellently recorded - allows Bach to speak for himself." BBC Music Magazine, January 2003 (The Art of Fugue)
"Boothy's transcriptions are an unusual yet fascinating advocacy for a consort of viols that Bach would have considered archaic...as the spirit of the music dictates, Fretwork produces playing of astonishing imagination...With such a feast on offer, harpsichords never crossed my heretical mind." Gramophone Magazine, January 2012 (Goldberg Variations)
"Fretwork play with a gorgeous simplicity of expression and deep musicality." - The Independent, UK (Alio modo)
Tracks:
Alio modo:
Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 6
Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582
Fantasia in G major, BWV572
Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 22 in B flat minor, BWV867
Chorale Prelude BWV686 'Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir'
Fugue in E flat major, BWV552/2 'St Anne'
Christe, aller Welt (Riemenschneider)
Chorale Prelude BWV671 'Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist'
Chorale Prelude BWV678 'Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot'
Chorale Prelude BWV680 'Wir glauben all an einen Gott' ('Giant Fugue')
Chorale Prelude BWV684 'Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam'
Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 11 in F major, BWV880
Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 16 in G minor, BWV885
Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV849
Chorale Prelude BWV672 'Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit'
Fughetta super 'Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot', BWV679
The Art of Fugue
The 'Goldberg' Variations
