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Bach & Pärt: Piano Works
SOMM Recordings

Bach & Pärt: Piano Works

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Details

Composer
BACH PART
Artist
Cordelia Williams
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Oct 26, 2018
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0186
UPC
748871018624

About

Somm Recordings and former BBC Young Musician Competition prize- winner Cordelia Williams present two sublime voices together for the first time on album in a poetic and probing coupling of the solo piano music of JS Bach - musical laureate of 17th-century Protestantism - and Arvo Pärt, principal voice of contemporary Holy Minimalism. Although a quarter of a millennia separates their births, both share a conviction that faith in God, as Williams notes in her introductory essay, "is the foundation of the creation of music." This pioneering coupling of the two composers reveals a surprising latticework of connections in their constant, shared striving for economy and essence. Pärt's signature chiming 'tintinnabuli' style is beautifully evoked in three pieces designed to console and comfort their dedicatees: the tolling, melancholic profundity of Für Alina; the quietly majestic and moving Für Anna Maria and the limpid, liquid invention of Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka. Composed for his 10-year-old son, Wilhelm Friedemann (himself later a composer of distinction), Bach's twin sets of 15 Two-part Inventions (BWV 772-86) and 15 Three-part Sinfonias (BWV 787-801) are much more than mere pedagogic primers. Williams finds in them a richness of technical design far beyond their apparent simplicity. Here, Williams reverts to Bach's original ordering of the pieces to chart a subtly revealing way through music as intimate as it is illuminating.

Tracklist 34 tracks

  1. 1 Für Anna Maria 01:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    Für Anna Maria
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  2. 2 Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 01:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  3. 3 Invention No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 773 00:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    Invention No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 773
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  4. 4 Invention No. 3 in D Major, BWV 774 01:43
    Track
    4
    Title
    Invention No. 3 in D Major, BWV 774
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  5. 5 Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775 00:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  6. 6 Invention No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 776 00:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    Invention No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 776
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  7. 7 Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777 01:27
    Track
    7
    Title
    Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  8. 8 Invention No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 778 01:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    Invention No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 778
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  9. 9 Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 01:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  10. 10 Invention No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 780 01:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    Invention No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 780
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  11. 11 Invention No. 10 in G Major, BWV 781 01:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    Invention No. 10 in G Major, BWV 781
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  12. 12 Invention No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 782 02:03
    Track
    12
    Title
    Invention No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 782
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  13. 13 Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 02:36
    Track
    13
    Title
    Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  14. 14 Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 01:34
    Track
    14
    Title
    Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  15. 15 Invention No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 785 01:05
    Track
    15
    Title
    Invention No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 785
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  16. 16 Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786 02:00
    Track
    16
    Title
    Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  17. 17 Für Alina 05:58
    Track
    17
    Title
    Für Alina
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  18. 18 Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major, BWV 787 01:03
    Track
    18
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major, BWV 787
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  19. 19 Sinfonia No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 788 01:55
    Track
    19
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 788
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  20. 20 Sinfonia No. 3 in D Major, BWV 789 02:27
    Track
    20
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 3 in D Major, BWV 789
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  21. 21 Sinfonia No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 790 01:04
    Track
    21
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 790
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  22. 22 Sinfonia No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 791 01:07
    Track
    22
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 791
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  23. 23 Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792 01:44
    Track
    23
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  24. 24 Sinfonia No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 793 01:30
    Track
    24
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 793
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  25. 25 Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 01:31
    Track
    25
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  26. 26 Sinfonia No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 795 01:25
    Track
    26
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 795
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  27. 27 Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796 02:00
    Track
    27
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  28. 28 Sinfonia No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797 03:42
    Track
    28
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  29. 29 Sinfonia No. 12 in A Major, BWV 798 01:09
    Track
    29
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 12 in A Major, BWV 798
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  30. 30 Sinfonia No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 799 02:25
    Track
    30
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 799
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  31. 31 Sinfonia No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 800 01:05
    Track
    31
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 800
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  32. 32 Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801 02:15
    Track
    32
    Title
    Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  33. 33 Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka 05:01
    Track
    33
    Title
    Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  34. 34 Prelude in C Major, BWV 924 01:34
    Track
    34
    Title
    Prelude in C Major, BWV 924
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams