Bach, J.S. / Opus 4 - Mit Bach in Leipzig - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Clavier-Übung, consisting of an ARIA with diverse variations, for two-manual harpsichord. Prepared for the enjoyment of music lovers by Johann Sebastian Bach, composer for the Royal court of Poland and the Electoral court of Saxony, Kapellmeister and Director of Choral Music in Leipzig.Inch These are the words which can be read on the title page of Bach's one and only large variation work which was published in Nuremberg in 1741. In Johann Nikolaus Forkel's Bach biography, published in 1802, we find the anecdote which led to the name InchGoldberg VariationsInch under which this work is still known today InchOnce, the Count [Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk] expressed to Bach that he would like to have some keyboard pieces for his [private musician Johann Gottlieb] Goldberg, which would be of such a gentle and lively character that he would be cheered up a little in his sleepless nights. Bach believed that he could best fulfill this wish by writing variations, which he had hitherto considered a thankless task because the basic harmony was always the same. But, in the same way all of his works were already artistic models at this time, these variations also turned into such under his hand. Yet, he only produced one single model of this kind. The Count subsequently called them his variations. He never tired of them, and for a long time, whenever he had sleepless nights, he would say Dear Goldberg, play me one of my variations.InchMechthild Winter, specialist for Early Music and living in InchBach CityInch Leipzig, has chosen this large variation work for her second solo CD and plays with her usual mastership. She uses a copy of a Ruckers harpsichord built in 1624 and enlarged in 1720.

Album Tracks 1. Allegro Non Troppo 2. Larghetto 3. Rondo (Allegro) 4. Leonore III, Overture in C Major - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Ludwig Van Beethoven 5. Siegfried Idyll - Richard Wagner - Richard Wagner

Firmly established on the Early Music scene, soprano soloist Ulrike Hofbauer regularly performs together with renowned ensembles and conductors. A versatile artist, she not only appears on the concert but also on the opera stage and is featured on many studio and radio recordings as well as in films. She is particularly interested in the study of musical rhetoric, ornamentation and the Inchrecitar cantandoInch style, making her an ideal interpreter of the works recorded here. Co'l dolce suono presents virtuosic Renaissance music for soprano, recorder and strings by Venetian artists around the composer Adrian Willaert and the singer Polissena Pecorina. Recorded with an ensemble of early Italian viols, painstakingly reconstructed following the latest scholarly findings, a new soundworld emerges current research documents that string instruments of the early sixteenth century were built without sound posts and bass bars. Performing these sparkling Renaissance works, the sound of these instruments can now be experienced for the first time. The ensemble arcimboldo (Basel) was founded in 1991 by Thilo Hirsch. Outstanding reviews, numerous concert engagements, and frequent invitations to European festivals document the ensemble's success. Alongside radio recordings the ensemble has recorded several albums since 2005. Album Tracks 1. Il Bianco E Dolce Cigno 2. Lasciar' Il Velo 3. Amor Mi Fa Morire 4. Recercar Primo 5. Recerchar Quarto 6. Ricercare XV 7. Madrigal 8. Io Vorrei Dio D'amore 9. Recercada 10. Ricercar X 11. Recercar Secondo 12. Recerchar Primo 13. Quando Co'l Dolce Suono 14. O Amorose Mamelle 15. Recerchar Terzo 16. A la Mia Grave Pen 17. Un Giorno Mi Prego Una Vedovella 18. Pavana Ternera 19. Recercada Ottava 20. O Felici Occhi Miei 21. O Felici Occhi Miei 22. Tiento Quarto Tono 23. Passa la Nave