Gabriel Smallwood - Juvenilia - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The 'Juvenilia' programme centres around the early works of Johann Sebastian Bach. While much attention is given to his later works, his youthful keyboard compositions remain vastly underappreciated, being seldom performed and even more seldom recorded. Despite this, they exhibit a richness of inventiveness, youthful spirit and experimentation, while simultaneously foreshadowing the compositional hallmarks of his mature style. This album contains early compositions by Bach as well as pieces by Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Adam Reincken and Georg Böhm, who had a significant impact on Bach's artistic development and musical identity. The programme is rounded off by two anonymous and never-before-recorded pieces from the Andreas Bach Buch. Album Tracks 1. Prelude in G minor, Buxwv 163 2. Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 3. Capriccio in B-Flat Major, BWV 992 Sopra la Lontananza Del Fratello Dilettissimo-Arioso Adagio. Ist Eine Schmeichelung Der Freunde, Um Denselben Von Seiner Reise Abzuhalten 4. Capriccio in B-Flat Major, BWV 992 Sopra la Lontananza Del Fratello Dilettissimo-Ist Eine Vorstellung Unterschiedlicher Casuum, Die Ihm in Der Fremde Könnten Vorfallen 5. Capriccio in B-Flat Major, BWV 992 Sopra la Lontananza Del Fratello Dilettissimo-Adagiosissimo. Ist Ein Allgemeines Lamento Der Freunde 6. Capriccio in B-Flat Major, BWV 992 Sopra la Lontananza Del Fratello Dilettissimo-Allhier Kommen Die Freunde (Weil Sie Doch Sehen, Daß Es Anders Nicht Seyn Kann) Und Nehmen Abschied 7. Capriccio in B-Flat Major, BWV 992 Sopra la Lontananza Del Fratello Dilettissimo-Allegro Poco. Arie Del Postiglione 8. Capriccio in B-Flat Major, BWV 992 Sopra la Lontananza Del Fratello Dilettissimo-Fuga All'imitatione Della Posta 9. Courante in B-Flat Major 10. Prelude and Fugue in a Major, BWV 896-Prelude 11. Prelude and Fugue in a Major, BWV 896-Fugue 12. Suite in F-Sha