It is a universal music that is entirely at the service of a higher power: Bach's music is worship. With this basic attitude, Konstanze Eickhorst dedicates her new GENUIN recording to a hand-picked selection of Bach's piano works. It shows a broad spectrum of Bach's music, from the positive, forceful F major of the Italian Concerto to the two partitas - the delicate one in B-flat major and the playful one in G major - to the D minor of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue. Konstanze Eickhorst's career also began with Bach: she won a prize at the Toronto Bach Competition. Today, as a professor at the University of Music in LÃ¼beck and as a juror at international competitions, she comes into contact with Bach's music again and again, which is full of joie de vivre, but also full of sorrow and sadness, though always paired with comfort and hope.

Tracklist:

Italian Concerto In F Major, Bwv 971: I. -
Italian Concerto In F Major, Bwv 971: II. Andante
Italian Concerto In F Major, Bwv 971: III. Presto
Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: I. Præludium
Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: II. Allemande
Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: III. Corrente
Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: IV. Sarabande
Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: V. Menuet I & II
Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: VI. Gigue
Partita No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 829: I. Præambulum
Partita No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 829: II. Allemande
Partita No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 829: III. Corrente
Partita No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 829: IV. Sarabande
Partita No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 829: V. Tempo Di Menuet
Partita No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 829: VI. Passepied
Partita No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 829: VII. Gigue
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue In D Minor, Bwv 903: I. Fantasia
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue In D Minor, Bwv 903: II. Fuga

UPC: 4260036256826
Label: Genuin
Release Date: 3.20.20
Format: CD

J Bach S / Eickhorst - Italian Concerto (CD)