Bach: Ouvertures for Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Release Date: 08/11/2019
Alessandrini has sifted all available sources, putting the composer's entire output under the microscope to identify the most authentic details of style and orchestration. The result is a subtle balance between Bach's intricate contrapuntal writing and the spontaneity of his dances, with their French and Italian influences. Together with these majestic, festive, radiant works by JS Bach, Concerto Italiano presents two 'Overtures' in the same instrumental mould by Johann Bernhard and Johann Ludwig Bach - two composer cousins with whom Johann Sebastian enjoyed lifelong ties of mutual friendship and esteem.
Disc 1
1: I. Ouverture
2: II. Air
3: III. Gavottes
4: IV. Bourrée
5: V. Gigue
6: I. Ouverture. Allegro
7: II. Air I
8: III. Les Plaisirs. Vitement
9: IV. Menuets
10: V. Air II
11: VI. Rigaudons
12: VII. Courante
13: VIII. Gavotte En Rondeaux
14: I. Ouverture
15: II. Courante
16: III. Gavottes
17: IV. Forlane
18: V. Menuets
19: VI. Bourrées
20: VII. Passepieds
Disc 2
1: I. Ouverture
2: II. Bourrées
3: III. Gavottes
4: IV. Menuets
5: V. Réjouissance
6: I. Ouverture
7: II. Air I
8: III. Menuet
9: IV. Gavotte
10: V. Air II
11: VI. Bourrée
12: I. Ouverture
13: II. Rondeau
14: III. Sarabande
15: IV. Bourrées
16: V. Polonaise - Double
17: VI. Menuet
18: VII. Badinerie