Today, there is no doubt that Johann Sebastian Bach took Baroque music to it's sublime zenith. Just how much Bach was ahead of his time can be gauged by the fact his 'piano' music engaged the greatest among his successors: Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy and Shostakovich. Four pianists perform Bach on this album. They stand for different periods in interpretational history, beginning with the 'New Objectivity' of Carl Seeman, born in 1910, up to the highly virtuoso art of Konstantin Lifschitz, born in 1976 and also taught by Alfred Brendel. The four personalities of the pianists on this album merge with Bach's music, giving a notion of why it is accorded universal magnitude.

Tracklist:

Concerto In The Italian Style In F Major, Bwv 971: I. Allegro
Concerto In The Italian Style In F Major, Bwv 971: II. Andante
Concerto In The Italian Style In F Major, Bwv 971: III. Presto
3-Part Inventions: No. 1 In C Major, Bwv 787
3-Part Inventions: No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 788
3-Part Inventions: No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 789
3-Part Inventions: No. 4 In D Minor, Bwv 790
3-Part Inventions: No. 5 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 791
3-Part Inventions: No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 792
3-Part Inventions: No. 7 In E Minor, Bwv 793
3-Part Inventions: No. 8 In F Major, Bwv 794
3-Part Inventions: No. 9 In F Minor, Bwv 795
3-Part Inventions: No. 10 In G Major, Bwv 796
3-Part Inventions: No. 11 In G Minor, Bwv 797
3-Part Inventions: No. 12 In A Major, Bwv 798
3-Part Inventions: No. 13 In A Minor, Bwv 799
3-Part Inventions: No. 14 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 800
3-Part Inventions: No. 15 In B Minor, Bwv 801
Keyboard Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: I. Prelude
Keyboard Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: II. Allemande
Keyboard Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: III. Corrente
Keyboard Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: IV. Sarabande
Keyboard Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: V. Menuets I & II
Keyboard Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: VI. Gigue
Prelude & Fugue In E-Flat Major, Bwv 552 "St. Anne": I. Prelude
Prelude & Fugue In E-Flat Major, Bwv 552 "St. Anne": II. Fugue À 5
Toccata In E Minor, Bwv 914
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813a: I. Allemande
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813a: II. Courante
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813a: III. Sarabande
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813a: IV. Air
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813a: V. Menuet
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813a: VI. Gigue
Keyboard Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: I. Ouvertüre
Keyboard Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: II. Allemande
Keyboard Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: III. Courante
Keyboard Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: IV. Aria
Keyboard Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: V. Sarabande
Keyboard Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: VI. Menuet
Keyboard Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: VII. Gigue
Violin Partita No. 2 In D Minor, Bwv 1004: V. Chaconne (Arr. F. Busoni For Piano)

UPC: 4001790180114
Label: Orfeo
Release Date: 1.18.19
Format: CD

J Bach S / Lifschitz / Seemann - Solo Piano Music (2 CD)