Bach & Pärt
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J.S. BACH / ARVO PART
Bach & Pärt
Arabella Steinbacher, Stuttgarter Kamerorchester
[ Pentatone / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 10 February 2023
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Arabella Steinbacher presents works for violin and orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Pärt, together with violinist Christoph Koncz and the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Bach's violin concertos have had a very special significance for Steinbacher ever since hearing the A Minor Concerto at the age of four, an experience that made her decide to become a musician. This seminal work is performed here alongside the E Major Violin Concerto and the Double Concerto in D Minor, on which she is joined by violinist Christoph Koncz. The Bach concertos are framed by two of Arvo Pärt's most profound and enigmatic pieces: Fratres and Spiegel im Spiegel; the former in the version for violin, string orchestra and percussion, the latter rendered in a version for violin and piano, together with Peter von Wienhardt. Bach and Pärt may be centuries apart, but for Steinbacher, they have a spiritual and sacred origin in common, and their music resonates deeply with her.
Arabella Steinbacher is a multiple award-winner with an extensive Pentatone discography, including Mozart's complete violin concertos (2014 and 2021), Four Seasons (Vivaldi & Piazzolla, 2020), Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos (2015) and many others. Christoph Koncz and the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester make their Pentatone debut.
"Steinbacher weaves in and out of Bach's contrapuntal textures, occasionally reducing her tone to a radiant pianissimo to allow the orchestral lines through...[In Fratres] she demonstrates the same hypnotic voicing of cantabile lines that makes her Bach so treasurable." BBC Music Concerto Choice April 2023
"The collective tone ranges from depth and strength to chamber-weight fragility, while Steinbacher is luminously lithe, lyric and light in her upper registers, and plumbs her instrument's velvety depths on the lower strings." Gramophone
Tracks:
Arvo Pärt (1935)
1) Fratres (version for violin, string orchestra and percussion) 12:34
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042
2) I. Allegro 7:42
3) II. Adagio 6:31
4) III. Allegro assai 2:41
Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041
5) I. Allegro moderato 3:36
6) II. Andante 6:08
7) III. Allegro assai 3:45
Concerto for Two Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043
8) I. Vivace 3:36
9) II. Largo ma non tanto 6:06
10) III. Allegro 4:44
Arvo Pärt
11) Spiegel im Spiegel 11:26
