The Imaginary Music Book of J.S Bach

 
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J. S. BACH
The Imaginary Music Book of J.S Bach
Café Zimmermann

[ Alpha Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 8 October 2021

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Johann Sebastian Bach has made the reputation of Café Zimmermann ever since the ensemble was formed in 1999. This new recording presents the music of the Leipzig Kantor from a different angle, that of the notebooks in which musicians wrote down pieces and movements they particularly liked. This recording brings together works composed by Bach in the late 1740s which may be described as intimate in character, including the famous trio sonata from his Musical Offering. The Baroque idiom of this 'experimental' sonata is contextualised by the innovative style developed by his son Carl Philipp Emanuel in one of his own trio sonatas. A number of arias by J. S. Bach are also presented here with exclusively instrumental forces. Under the direction of violinist Pablo Valetti and harpsichordist Céline Frisch, the ensemble even ventures into Mozartian territory with the Aria and Fugue K404a, taken from two pieces by Bach that Mozart himself had annotated and arranged in his own musical notebook. Finally, a chorale that Bach was particularly fond of, a threepart fugue played here by harpsichord and flute. Carl Philipp Emanuel had it printed at the end of his father's musical testament, The Art of Fugue: 'Before thy throne I now appear'.

"The recording is very good and the booklet, if a little fancifully written at times, adds to the value of this new release. One of the best of Café Zimmermann's very fine recordings, with Pablo Valetti and Céline Frisch the binary stars around which the other luminaries revolve in the harmony of the spheres." MusicWeb recommended Oct 2021

Tracks:

Johann Sebastian Bach - Wir danken Dir, Gott, BWV 29: Sinfonia in D major
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Trio sonata in B flat major, Wq. 161/2: I. Allegro
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Trio sonata in B flat major, Wq. 161/2: II. Adagio ma non troppo
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Trio sonata in B flat major, Wq. 161/2: III. Allegretto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Adagio and Fugue KV 404a: Adagio e dolce (after Sonata No.3 in D minor, BWV 527 by Johann Sebastian Bach)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Adagio and Fugue KV 404a: Fugue - Allegro (after 'The Art of Fugue', BWV 1080 by Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Wir danken Dir, Gott, BWV 29: Aria 'Hallelluja, Stärk' und Macht' (transcription for four instruments)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Himmelskönig, sei wilkommen, BWV 182: Sinfonia in G major
Johann Sebastian Bach - Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169: Aria 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben'
Johann Sebastian Bach - Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36: Aria 'Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen' (transcription for four instruments)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Ein ungefärbt Gemüthe, BWV 24: Aria 'Ein ungefärbt Gemüthe' (transcription for four instruments)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonate sopr'il Soggetto Reale, BWV 1079: I. Largo
Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonate sopr'il Soggetto Reale, BWV 1079: II. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonate sopr'il Soggetto Reale, BWV 1079: III. Andante
Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonate sopr'il Soggetto Reale, BWV 1079: IV. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach - Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668 (transcription for four instruments)