J.C. Bach - Six Keyboard Sonatas Op 17 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

SOMM Recordings brings it's major six-volume series of Franz Xaver Scharwenka's transcriptions of Beethoven Symphonies to a close with his 9th Symphony, the monumental Choral Symphony. Since the first volume, listeners have eagerly awaited each new in the series from duo pianists, Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman. As Ates Orga has noted in International Piano Magazine, InchWhat in July 2021 began as something of a curio outing has blossomed into a major recording landmark.Inch Beethoven first conceived the idea of setting Schiller's Ode to Joy to music when he was in his twenties; an early iteration of the theme in the song, Returned Love, comes from before 1795. His Choral Fantasy for piano, vocal soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra followed in 1808, when he was thirty-eight. By the time he conducted his Choral Symphony No. 9 in D minor in Vienna on May 7, 1824, aged fifty-four, Beethoven was completely deaf. One of the iconic images in music history is that of the soprano gently turning him around, so he could see the rapturous response from the audience that he was unable to hear. The work had broken all barriers in terms of conception, duration, compositional power, and the incorporation of voices in the finale. The impact of the Choral Symphony was instantaneous and lasting. It was printed by Schott and Company within 18 months, and there were immediate demands for keyboard transcriptions. Given the forces that Beethoven employed in his 9th Symphony, transcribing the work for piano is challenging to say the least. The German pianist and composer, Xaver Scharwenka, was a student of Theodor Kullak, who had studied with Beethoven's pupil, Carl Czerny, thus providing Scharwenka with a singular musical line leading back to Beethoven. His duet transcriptions of all nine Beethoven Symphonies, published in 1905, still remain a touchstone for musical understanding of the cy

Album Tracks 1. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 1 in E Flat Major, BWV 525 (BC J1) 1. Allegretto 2. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 1 in E Flat Major, BWV 525 (BC J1) 2. Adagio 3. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 1 in E Flat Major, BWV 525 (BC J1) 3. Allegro 4. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527 (BC J3) 1. Andante 5. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527 (BC J3) 2. Adagio E Dolce 6. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527 (BC J3) 3. Vivace 7. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529 (BC J5) 1. Allegro 8. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529 (BC J5) 2. Largo 9. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529 (BC J5) 3. Allegro 10. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 2 in C minor, BWV 526 (BC J2) 1. Adagio - Vivace 11. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 2 in C minor, BWV 526 (BC J2) 2. Largo 12. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 2 in C minor, BWV 526 (BC J2) 3. Allegro 13. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 4 in E minor, BWV 528 (BC J4) 1. Adagio - Vivace 14. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 4 in E minor, BWV 528 (BC J4) 2. Andante 15. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 4 in E minor, BWV 528 (BC J4) 3. Un Poco Allegro 16. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530 (BC J6) 1. Vivace 17. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530 (BC J6) 2. Lento 18. Trio Sonata for Organ No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530 (BC J6) 3. Allegro 19. Cantata No. 208, 'Was Mir Behagt,' (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3) Aria. Schafe Können Sicher Weiden

Organ music holds a special affection for leading UK composer Judith Bingham, and the repertoire in this programme reflects a cross-section of her themes and work both recently composed and newly arranged. Album Tracks 1. I. Leaving Home Under a Cloud 2. II. Anxiety Dream 3. Entr'acte Falling Into a Deep Sleep 4. III. Jacob's Ladder 5. St Bride, Assisted By Angels 6. Prelude The Road to Emmaus 7. Voluntary Et Cognaverunt Eum 8. Annunciation I 9. Hope 10. Into the Wilderness 11. The Gift 12. The Secret Garden Vol de Nuit (Version for Organ) 13. Festival of Hell Gothick 14. Incarnation with Shepherds Dancing 15. I. Infancy 16. II. Betrothal 17. III. Annunciation