J.S. Bach: Clavichord
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
J.S. Bach: Clavichord
András Schiff (clavichord)
[ ECM New Series / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 27 January 2023
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After his landmark recording of some of Johann Sebastian Bach's most important keyboard music, one of the great Bach interpreters of our time turns his attention to the composer's preferred instrument. The sound of the clavichord is, says András Schiff, an invitation into "a new world, a quiet oasis in our noisy, troubled times. Thanks to the clavichord I now play and hear Bach differently."
An intimate and personal instrument - "a most gentle creature, ideal for playing alone" - it can also be, as Schiff notes, a demanding and unforgiving teacher. "On the clavichord we have only our fingers at our disposal, they must create the music with the finest gradations of touch." The early keyboard works are emphasized here, bringing us closer to the sounds of Bach's day, and the "cantabile art" of the clavichord. The album opens with the Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratro dilettissmo, journeys through Inventions and Sinfonias, and concludes with an extraordinary account of the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue. On this recording, Schiff's first on the clavichord, he plays a replica of a 1743 Specken instrument, built by Belgian craftsman Joris Potvlieghe. The album was recorded in the Kammermusik Saal of Bonn's Beethoven-Haus and produced by Manfred Eicher.
"As with his previous period-instrument ventures, Schiff opens up a new world and thoroughly adjusts his temperament, his 'pianism' and his artistry to it." Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2023
"In the two-part inventions Nos 1-15, the three-part sinfonias Nos 1-15, the duets Nos 1-4 and other JS Bach works, Schiff makes a persuasive case, if not a definitive one, for the clavichord as an equally revelatory vehicle for the pieces as harpsichord or piano." Sunday Times
Tracks:
CD 1
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratro dilettissimo BWV 992
1. Arioso. Adagio. Ist eine Schmeichelung der Freunde, um denselben von der Reise abzuhalten.
2. Ist eine Vorstellung unterschiedlicher Casuum, die ihm in der Fremde könnten vorfallen.
3. Adagiosissimo. Ist ein allgemeines Lamento der Freunde.
4. Allhier kommen die Freunde, weil sie doch sehen, dass es anders nicht kann sein, und nehmen Abschied.
5. Aria di Postiglione. Adagio poco
6. Fuga all' imitatione di Posta
Inventions BWV 772-786
7. No. 1 in C major
8. No. 2 in c minor
9. No. 3 in D major
10. No. 4 in d minor
11. No. 5 in E-flat major
12. No. 6 in E major
13. No. 7 in e minor
14. No. 8 in F major
15. No. 9 in f minor
16. No. 10 in G major
17. No. 11 in g minor
18. No. 12 in A-flat major
19. No. 13 in a minor
20. No. 14 in B-flat major
21. No. 15 in b minor22
Four Duets BWV 802-805
22. No. 1 in e minor
23. No. 2 in F major
24. No. 3 in G major
25. No. 4 in a minor
26. Ricercar à 3
from "Das Musikalische Opfer" BWV 1079
CD 2
Sinfonias BWV 787-801
1. No. 1 in C major
2. No. 2 in c minor
3. No. 3 in D major
4. No. 4 in d minor
5. No. 5 in E-flat major
6. No. 6 in E major
7. No. 7 in e minor
8. No. 8 in F major
9. No. 9 in f minor
10. No. 10 in G major
11. No. 11 in g minor
12. No. 12 in A major
13. No. 13 in a minor
14. No. 14 in B-flat major
15. No. 15 in b minor
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue BWV 903
16. Fantasia
17. Fugue
