Francesco Tristano - On Early Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Sometimes, dreams come true. For Francesco Tristano, the dream was twofold first a desire to project his art in the future by devoting himself to one of the most incontestably timeless figures in the history of music, Johann Sebastian Bach. This profound desire fuelled the creation of intothefuture, Francesco Tristano's very personal line of recordings, where sounds morph into an abstract and subtly poetic photographic imagery, which is found in the booklets. This first of these recordings, dedicated to the six Partitas (BWV 825 to BWV 830) is a perfect illustration of this concept. For this pianist from Luxembourg, this collection constituted the starting point of his patient exploration of Bach's work. In fact, it also represents the composer's supreme achievement in the genre of the keyboard dance suite. Also known as the InchGerman suitesInch, to differentiate them from the two collections of InchEnglishInch (BWV 806 to BWV 811) and InchFrenchInch (BWV 812 to BWV 817) suites, the 6 Partitas belong to the rare compositions that Bach had published during his lifetime, as the first part of the Clavier-ubung - from 1726 to 1730, then all six in 1731. Composed separately, probably one after the other, these six suites, an infinite kaleidoscope of moods, were to embody his plural and abundant art, in a supreme synthesis of the tastes of the time.With their lively tempos (Partita III, Fantasia; Partita I, Allemande; Partita V, Tempo di Minuetto; Partita VI, Corrente), their very lively phrasing (Partita I, Gigue; Partita II, Capriccio; Partita VI, Toccata; Partita II, Courante), the six Partitas according to Francesco Tristano, a musician with an inexhaustible vivacity of mind, celebrate life everywhere. This impression of a whirlwind, this sense of movement are irresistible! Once again, Francesco Tristano is here in a class of his own.24 SEPTEMBRE 2024

Album Tracks 1. Gentil Donna 2. Gagliarda Comadrina 3. Gagliarda Lodesana 4. Gagliarda Chataccio 5. Canzon Francese Detta Je N'en Dirai Mot 6. Canzon Francese Detta Qui la Dira 7. Canzone Ottava Detta la Vincenti 8. Ricercare Quarto Sopra Mi Re Fa Mi 9. Partite Di Bergamasca 10. Diferencias Sobre El Canto Llano Del Caballero 11. Diferencias Sobre la Gallarda Milanesa 12. Diferencias Sobre Las Vacas 13. Tandernack 14. Galliarda 15. Alamanda (10 Variations) 16. Uppon la Mi Re 17. My Lady Careys Dompe 18. A Hornepype 19. Pavenne 20. Gaillarde 21. Branle 22. Allemande Grave

After his brilliant take on the Partitas, the renowned Francesco Tristano now tackles Bach's English Suites in a double album that blends baroque mastery with striking modernity. Album Tracks 1. English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806~I. Prélude 2. English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806~II. Allemande 3. English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806~III. Courante I 4. English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806~IV. Courante II 5. English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806~Double I 6. English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806~Double II 7. English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806~V. Sarabande 8. English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806~VI. Bourrée I 9. English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806~VII. Bourrée II 10. English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806~VIII. Gigue 11. English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807~I. Prélude 12. English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807~II. Allemande 13. English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807~III. Courante 14. English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807~IV. Sarabande - Les agréments de la même Sarabande 15. English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807~V. Bourrée I (alternativement) 16. English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807~VI. Bourrée II 17. English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807~VII. Gigue 18. English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808~I. Prélude 19. English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808~II. Allemande 20. English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808~III. Courante 21. English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808~IV. Sarabande - Les agréments de la même Sarabande 22. English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808~V. Gavotte alternativement 23. English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808~VI. Gavotte II ou la Musette 24. English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808~VII. Gigue 1. English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809~I. Prélude 2. English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809~II. Allemande 3. English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809~III. Courante