Eleonor Bindman - Partitas - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Canadian-American cellist Elinor Frey performs and conducts Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's three cello concertos with the Accademia de' Dissonanti. These dramatic works, rich in turbulent exchanges yet also in tender moments, bear witness to C. P. E. Bach's fiery imagination, where emotion and melody take precedence. In Bach's time, personalising a performance was both common and expected. The question of 'how a cellist premiering these works would have approached these concertos' lies at the heart of this recording. Drawing on a vocabulary of ornamentation and melodic analysis derived from the music of the composer and his contemporaries, Frey has reconstructed the social milieu and instrumental practice of Bach's time, in order to approach the way in which this music was once heard and felt.

In this new album from pianist Eleonor Bindman, works by J.S. Bach originally composed for the lautenwerk (lute-harpsichord) are presented in piano transcriptions, offering a fresh perspective on some rarely explored masterpieces. While they have been performed on harpsichord, lute, and guitar, this recording brings a new dimension to these works, showcasing their intricate structures, rich textures, and emotive character on the modern piano.Highlights include BWV 997 and 998, featuring stunning fugues with ornate middle sections unlike typical keyboard fugues, and a heartfelt arrangement of InchBetrachte, meine SeeleInch from St. John's Passion, which serves as a moving conclusion to the album.Followers of Eleonor Bindman's previous transcriptions-such as The Brandenburg Duets and The Cello Suites -will appreciate this latest addition to the pianist's catalogue, recorded on a Bösendorfer piano which truly captures the remarkable richness of Bach's writing.

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