Pianist Luisa Imorde loves innovative combinations- following on from circus dances by Schumann and Widmann and the affair of honor between Woelfl and Beethoven, she now prepares to cast light on Johann Sebastian Bach and Nikolai Kapustin. This is an album whose spectrum ranges from Baroque counterpoint through to polyrhythmic jazz sounds. They could hardly be further apart: Bach and Kapustin lived 250 years apart and on two different continents. One is the indisputable supremo of European classical music, the other a Russian composer known only to a few aficionados in central Europe, someone who transforms musical jazz sequences into formal, classical structures. On Moon Rainbow they alternate. "There is no established listening convention for this. The result is a foundation of literally unheard sounds, which makes it possible to hear anew so to speak a familiar old piece by Bach in this new context," explains Imorde.

Tracklist:

Konzert in d-Moll, BWV 974 nach Marcellos Oboen Konzert, S.Z799~I. Andante
24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53~IV. Allegretto
Konzert in d-Moll, BWV 974 nach Marcellos Oboen Konzert, S.Z799~II. Adagio
24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53~V. Largo
Konzert in d-Moll, BWV 974 nach Marcellos Oboen Konzert, S.Z799~III. Presto
8 Concert Studies, Op. 40~VI. Pastoral. Andante moderato
Pastorale in F-Dur, BWV 590~III. Andante cantabile
8 Concert Studies, Op. 40~III. Toccatina. Allegro
Toccata in e-Moll, BWV 914
24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53~IX. Lento
wohltemperierte Klavier II: PrÃ¤ludium und Fuge in Cis-Dur, BWV 872
24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 82~XXII. Allegretto. Grave
wohltemperierte Klavier II: PrÃ¤ludium und Fuge in H-Dur, BWV 892
10 Inventions, Op. 73~IX. Lento
Invention No. 6 in E-Dur, BWV 777
Sonatina, Op. 100~Allegro ma non troppo
Konzert in D-Dur, BWV 972 nach Vivaldis Violinkonzet, RV 230~I. Allegro
Moon Rainbow, Op. 161~Allegretto
Konzert in D-Dur, BWV 972 nach Vivaldis Violinkonzet, RV 230~II. Larghetto
Contemplation, Op. 47
Konzert in D-Dur, BWV 972 nach Vivaldis Violinkonzet, RV 230~III. Allegro
24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53~XXIII. Moderato

UPC: 885470014074
Label: Berlin Classics
Release Date: 4.3.20
Format: CD

Kapustin / Imorde - Moon Rainbow (CD)