C.P.E Bach: Sonatas & Rondos
Of the sons of J S Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel was by far the most interesting composer, as
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the Sonatas and Rondos played here by Mikhail Pletnev amply demonstrate. In 2001, Pletnev released an exhilarating CD of Scarlatti sonatas: the fact that he played them anachronistically on the piano was in no way allowed to interfere with their intrinsic spirit. Here he repeats the trick, employing plenty of pedal plus the full dynamic force of a modern concert grand, yet he somehow manages to create a quintessentially 18th-century atmosphere. And they're amazing pieces--it's a fair bet that this outstanding disc will help usher them into the mainstream repertoire where they belong. Bach wrote them for an audience of "connoisseurs and amateurs", but that audience must have been a very superior one: to label this style "pre-classical" is woefully to short-change it. Each work feels like a musico-intellectual exercise--an experiment, but riveting every step of the way. Here the spirits of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven are boldly prefigured, but in a uniquely flamboyant way: dazzling fantasia-like sections, delicately spring-heeled scherzi, massively grave adagios--a whole new musical landscape.--Michael Church
Advantages: great alternative rock music Disadvantages: Kelly Jones' gnawing vocals could come annoying
...they'd be told to just head back to their quarters, perhaps with the commanders waiting for orders or if they'd be needed for something depending on what would come up. Sort of like the same perverted drill of pun they'd have us when being given the first drill on the call center where i worked for.
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Good song on the more light hearted level, about trying to attempt on doing things in a different way that'll be unorthodoxed, like in some certain method that is quite perverse.
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Anthem for all the losers out there, and whose wallets are gapingly broke. Similarly like the third track, this is yet another heartwrenching moving lazy ballad, that's kind of sad and sweet at the same time. One of my faves...
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Advantages: Brilliant, stirring, excitingly unpredictable, fresh performance; "genius" is not hyperbole in Argerich's case. Disadvantages: Reflecting its LP origins, the CD lasts only 50' 16"!
...[NOTE: This review dates from January 2001, shortly after that personal musical milestone when I first heard Martha Argerich through this J. S. Bach recording--only to be blown away over to the next galaxy. I’ve edited the piece for clarity, but have not updated or altered the original tone.]
Eureka! I have just discovered another great pianist! Goes by the name of Martha Argerich, ever heard of her?
Well, for hermit-living-under-a-rock Philistine me, not till now! I’m only a few decades late, but I finally made her acquaintance recently, through a Toccata, a Partita, and an English Suite composed by my beloved J. S. Bach. All found on a CD purchased on the spur of the moment, music unheard, believing that Deutsche Grammophon Records could not be exaggerating when they included Martha Argerich in the re-releases of their "Legendary...
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Advantages: Wonderful transcriptions of JS Bach's majestic music; sensitive, tender, vivacious, effortless and fluid playing. Disadvantages: Nil.
...Variata in A Minor (Italian Variations) BWV 989
7 Gigue from Violin Partita no 3. BWV1006
TrioSonata in C Major BWV 529
8 Allegro
9 Largo
10 Allegro
Concerto in C minor (after Marcello) BWV 974:
11 Allegro
12 Largo
13 Presto
14 Bist du bei mir (from Anna Magdalena Notebook BWV 508)
Concerto in A major (transposed to C Major) BWV 1055:
15 Allegro
16 Larghetto
17 Allegro ma non tanto
18 Badinerie from Orchestral Suite no.2 BWV 1067
19 Agnus Dei from Mass in B minor BWV 232
Performers:
Alison Balsom (trumpets), Colm Carey (organ), Alina Ibragimova (violin), Alistair Ross (harpsichord & chamber organ), Mark Caudle (viola da gamba)
Total running time: 71' 31"
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$16.98
GBP13.99
(Of course, it can easily be had for less on many online stores. Just Google the disc name and artist.)
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very helpful 13.04.2006
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