Beatrice Berrut – Lux aeterna: Visions of Bach (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Beatrice Berrut – Lux aeterna: Visions of Bach (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:36 minutes | 992 MB | Genre: Classical
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‘The meditation, sobriety and modesty of Bach’s music are profoundly moving. In this era when so much importance is granted to appearances, his music remains, pushes us to introspection and raises existential questions that, despite the passage of centuries, remain topical. ‘I have chosen works transcribed by Busoni, Siloti or Kempff, and not that of works written for harpsichord, for their transcriptions hold out a thread between Bach’s era and our modern world.

That is tangible proof of the universality and timelessness of his music: it throws a bridge between men of different centuries. ‘Thierry Escaich’s music also has its roots in Bach’s. So it is that his latest works recall the music of the cantor of Leipzig, whilst strangely tinting it with the colours of the 21st centuries: bouquets of colourful harmonies, wild rhythms, moments of mystical ecstasy… ‘Béatrice Berrut Recognized on the international scene and by her peers asa major artist, for her debut on the Aparté lable, the Swiss pianist Béatrice Berrut gives us a highly intimate vision of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music.

For this, she is accompanied by a Bösendorfer piano prototype and the microphones of Nicolas Bartholomée, set up in the setting of Flagey, a multi-disciplinary arts centre in Brussels.

Tracklist:

1-01. Beatrice Berrut – Siciliano, BWV 1031 (transcripted by Wilhelm Kempff) (04:01)
1-02. Beatrice Berrut – Aria, BWV 1068 (transcripted by Alexander Siloti) (05:08)
1-03. Beatrice Berrut – Chaconne, BWV 1004 (transcripted by Ferrucio Busoni) (14:42)
1-04. Beatrice Berrut – Komm Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667 (02:03)
1-05. Beatrice Berrut – Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) (03:09)
1-06. Beatrice Berrut – Nun komm der heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (04:13)
1-07. Beatrice Berrut – Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein, BWV 734 (02:16)
1-08. Beatrice Berrut – Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (02:55)
1-09. Beatrice Berrut – Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617 (01:46)
1-10. Beatrice Berrut – Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637 (01:57)
1-11. Beatrice Berrut – Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 705 (04:19)
1-12. Beatrice Berrut – In Dir ist Freude, BWV 615 (02:17)
1-13. Beatrice Berrut – Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665 (05:45)
1-14. Beatrice Berrut – I. Vivacissimo (01:52)
1-15. Beatrice Berrut – II. Andante (04:05)

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