Peaceful Bach

This 2CD album of Bach’s most relaxing melodies features legendary artists and upcoming stars like Murray Perahia, Giuliano Carmignola, Rafal Blechacz, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, Avi Avital, Albrecht Mayer, Lisa Batiashvili, Hélène Grimaud, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Alicia de Larrocha, Hilary Hahn, Emerson String Quartet, Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich, Peter Gregson and many more. The truly beautiful and unique track list with rarities includes Víkingur Ólafsson’s new arrangement for piano of a Bach Cantata, rare transcriptions for guitar, for mandolin and even String Quartet; alongside familiar Bach masterpieces. 'Bach is a colossus...beneath whom all musicians pass and will continue to pass. Mozart is the most beautiful, Rossini the most brilliant, but Bach is the most comprehensive: he has said all there is to say.' Charles Gounod 'The music is never the same for me, never. Each day it is something new, fantastic and unbelievable. That is Bach, like nature, a miracle.’ “ Pablo Casals

Tracks

1~1~Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: Aria - Francesco Tristano
1~2~Concerto For Harpsichord, Strings And Basso Continuo No. 5 In F Minor, Bwv 1056: II Largo - Adapted For Mandolin And Orchestra By Avi Avital
1~3~Avi Avital, Kammerakademie Potsdam
1~4~The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, Bwv 857: Fugue In F Minor - Emerson String Quartet
1~5~Cantata: "Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben", Bwv 147: I Coro - Arranged By Guillermo Figueroa / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1~6~The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, Bwv 849: II Fugue In C Sharp Minor - Hélène Grimaud
1~7~Violin Concerto No. 1 In A Minor, Bwv 1041: II Andante - Giuliano Carmignola, Concerto Köln
1~8~Partita No. 1 In B Flat Major, Bwv 825: Sarabande - Rafal Blechacz
1~9~Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No 3 In G Minor, Bwv 1029: II Adagio - Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich
1~10~Cello Suite No. 2 In D Minor, Bwv 1008: II Allemande - Transcribed For Solo Guitar By Goran Söllscher / Goran Söllscher
1~11~Double Concerto For Two Violins, Strings And Basso Continuo In D Minor, Bwv 1043: II Largo - Hilary Hahn, Margaret Batjer, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
1~12~St. Matthew Passion, Bwv 244: Aria "Erbarme Dich" - Albrecht Mayer, Sinfonia Varsovia
1~13~Suite In E For Lute, Bwv 1006A - Pepe Romero
1~14~English Suite No. 6 In D Minor, Bwv 811: IV Sarabande - Angela Hewitt
1~15~"Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde", Bwv 54 - Transcribed By Víkingur Ólafsson / Víkingur Ólafsson
1~16~"Herr Gott, Nun Schleuß Den Himmel Auf", Bwv 617 - Transcribed For Piano By Ferruccio Busoni / Kun-Woo Paik
1~17~Concerto For Oboe D´Amore, Bwv 209: II Andante - Albrecht Mayer, The English Concert
1~18~Cantata: "Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwölfe", Bwv 22: Sanctify Us - Transcribed For Piano By Cohen / Alicia De Larrocha
1~19~The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus I - Version For String Quartet / Emerson String Quartet
2~1~Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 1068: Air - The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
2~2~Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, Bwv 1052: I

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Various Artists
Release Date: 09 November 2018
Genre: Classical Music
Label: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (IMP)
Distributor: Universal Music