Martin Helmchen - Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas (2024)
Martin Helmchen - Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas (2024)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 781 Mb | Total time: 02:24:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA994 | Recorded: 2022, 2023
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 781 Mb | Total time: 02:24:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA994 | Recorded: 2022, 2023
Martin Helmchen belongs to the category of great piano virtuosos who are also interested in early instruments: ‘One of the most thrilling moments of my life as a pianist was when I encountered the intact, original Spät & Schmahl tangent piano from 1790. My initial doubts about a pianist of today being able to master such an instrument rapidly gave way to the swelling conviction that here one could make certain things in Bach’s music sound in a way that is impossible on both the harpsichord and the modern piano. Everything here subjugated me: the colours, the symbiosis of the characteristics of the harpsichord, clavichord and early piano, the buff stop, the opening up of polyphonic textures.’ It is true that this instrument was built forty years after Bach’s death, but, Helmchen continues, ‘the greatest composers, including Beethoven, complained about the limitations of their instrument, and it’s fascinating to play keyboard instruments that were ultimately an extension and improvement of the ones those composers knew’.
Performer:
Martin Helmchen, tangent piano
Tracklist:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
CD1:
Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825
01. I. Prelude
02. II. Allemande
03. III. Courante
04. IV. Sarabande
05. V. Menuett I & II
06. VI. Gigue
Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827
07. I. Fantasia
08. II. Allemande
09. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Burlesca
12. VI. Scherzo
13. VII. Gigue
Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828
14. I. Ouverture
15. II. Allemande
16. III. Courante
17. IV. Aria
18. V. Sarabande
19. VI. Menuett
20. VII. Gigue
CD2:
Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826
01. I. Sinfonia
02. II. Allemande
03. III. Courante
04. IV. Sarabande
05. V. Rondeau
06. VI. Capriccio
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829
07. I. Preambulum
08. II. Allemande
09. III. Corrente
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Tempo di Minuetto
12. VI. Passepied
13. VII. Gigue
Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
14. I. Toccata
15. II. Allemande
16. III. Corrente
17. IV. Air
18. V. Sarabande
19. VI. Tempo di Gavotta
20. VII. Gigue
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Martin Helmchen - Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas (2024)
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