Bach's Musical Offerings / Klaassens, Calefax Reed Quintet

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Label
PENTATONE
Release Date
October 9, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Calefax Reed Quintet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 09, 2020
    • UPC
      827949084065
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186840
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Sonata sopra il soggetto Reale: I. Largo

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

      Performer: Arthur Klaassens

    2. Ricercar à 3

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

    3. Sonata sopra il soggetto Reale: II. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

      Performer: Arthur Klaassens

    4. Canon perpetuus super thema Regium

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

      Performer: Arthur Klaassens

    5. Sonata sopra il soggetto Reale: III. Andante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

      Performer: Arthur Klaassens

    6. Canon à 2 Quaerendo invenietis

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

      Performer: Arthur Klaassens

    7. Sonata sopra il soggetto Reale: IV. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

      Performer: Arthur Klaassens

    8. Canon à 2 per motum contrarium

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

      Performer: Arthur Klaassens

    9. Ricercar à 6

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

      Performer: Arthur Klaassens

    10. 14 Verschiedene Canones, BWV 1087 (arr. R. Hekkema for reed sextet)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

      Performer: Arthur Klaassens

    11. Variation 1: Canon all' Ottava

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

    12. Variation 2: Canon alla Quinta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

    13. Variation 3: Canto fermo in Canone alla Sesta e all' rovescio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

    14. Variation 4: Canon alla Settima

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

    15. Variation 5: Canon per augmentationem

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet


The Dutch reed quintet Calefax celebrates 35 years of adventurous and versatile musicianship with a collection of Musical Offerings from Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by the ensemble’s saxophonist Raaf Hekkema. Arthur Klaassens joins the ensemble on a lupophone and English horn for Musikalisches Opfer, the main course of this programme, as well as for the 14 Canons, BWV 1087, creating a unique blend of wind instruments. The album concludes with Bach’s Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 769, a piece full of allusions to Christmas-related Bach pieces, including references to his Christmas Oratorio. Bach’s Musical Offerings is Calefax’ third PENTATONE release, after the well-received Dido & Aeneazz (2019), a virtuosic and eclectic recomposition of Purcell’s famous opera performed with trumpetist Eric Vloeimans, as well as Hidden Gems (2018), showcasing the quintet’s versatility with pieces ranging from Corelli and Satie to Nina Simone.

REVIEW:

For those who are intrigued by different readings of Bach’s masterpiece, this is one of the most piquant and unusual, with the composer’s matchless counterpoint given the closest possible attention The Dutch reed quintet’s take on Bach, arranged by the ensemble’s saxophonist Raaf Hekkema. Arthur Klaassens further expands the ensemble’s sonic palette by joining them on lupophone and cor anglaise for Musikalisches Opfer, the main course of this programme, as well as for 14 Canons, BWV 1087. The album concludes with Bach’s Canonic variations on Von Himmel hoch. All nine known versions of the melody have found a place in Raaf’s arrangement, resulting in a many-coloured Christmas collage.

-- Classical CD Choice (Barry Forshaw)