About
A vocation for experimentation was unquestionably an essential component of Bach's mindset. It was a desire to surpass, in every possible respect, whatever had been achieved up until then in a given genre or musical form, while extending to the utmost the resources and technical capabilities of individual instruments and the human voice (and thus also of individual performers). All of this was to be accomplished in the search for a perfection that is both aesthetic and spiritual. This ceaseless aspiration-cultivated from the beginning to the very end of his life-to go beyond the limits shapes the works selected for the second solo album by harpsichordist Cristiano Gaudio, whose debut recording was awarded a Diapason d'Or and Classica's Choc de l'Année. From the dazzling virtuosity of the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue to the contrapuntal complexity of the Ricercare a 6 from The Musical Offering; from the art of transcription, magnified in the arrangement of the Violin Sonata no. 2, to the "twelve-tone" last fugue of The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, whose subject exceptionally includes all the notes of the chromatic scale-all these works embody that bold erosion of limits that Bach's music pursued as it's true mission. They give both performers and listeners, for over three centuries, the thrill of an intellectual adventure-indeed even a physical experience-that is constantly on the edge.
Tracklist 14 tracks
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1 Fantasia 06:04
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Fantasia
- Duration
- 06:04
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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2 Fugue 05:24
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Fugue
- Duration
- 05:24
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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3 I. Adagio 03:32
- Track
- 3
- Title
- I. Adagio
- Duration
- 03:32
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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4 II. Fuga: Allegro 06:37
- Track
- 4
- Title
- II. Fuga: Allegro
- Duration
- 06:37
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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5 III. Andante 04:27
- Track
- 5
- Title
- III. Andante
- Duration
- 04:27
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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6 IV. Allegro 05:20
- Track
- 6
- Title
- IV. Allegro
- Duration
- 05:20
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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7 Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731 (arr. C. Gaudio for harpsichord) 02:33
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731 (arr. C. Gaudio for harpsichord)
- Duration
- 02:33
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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8 Prelude in C Minor, BWV 921 03:06
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Prelude in C Minor, BWV 921
- Duration
- 03:06
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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9 Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6 07:53
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6
- Duration
- 07:53
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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10 Das Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV 622 (arr. C. Gaudio for harpsichord) 04:51
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Das Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV 622 (arr. C. Gaudio for harpsichord)
- Duration
- 04:51
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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11 Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869 06:40
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869
- Duration
- 06:40
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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12 Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869 06:57
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869
- Duration
- 06:57
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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13 Toccata in D Major, BWV 912 11:25
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Toccata in D Major, BWV 912
- Duration
- 11:25
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio
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14 Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721 (arr. C. Gaudio for harpsichord) 03:47
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721 (arr. C. Gaudio for harpsichord)
- Duration
- 03:47
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Cristiano Gaudio