Salvation - Bach & Shostakovich: Vocal & Instrumental Music / Mields, G.A.P. Ensemble

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
March 15, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach, Dmitri Shostakovich
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      G.A.P. Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Dorothee Mields
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 15, 2024
    • UPC
      5028421972800
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI97280
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

    2. II. Vivace

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

    3. III. Largo

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

    4. IV. Presto

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

    5. Ich bin in mir vergnügt, BWV 204: Recitative: Ich bin in mir vergnügt

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    6. Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58: Aria: Ich bin vergnugt in meinem Leiden

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    7. Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Luca Quintavalle

    8. Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Luca Quintavalle

    9. Komm, du susse Todesstunde, BWV 161: Recitative: Welt! deine Lust ist Last

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    10. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80: Aria: Komm in mein Herzenshaus

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    11. Du Süßer Jesus-Name Du

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    12. Aria: Jesus soll mein erstes Wort

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    13. O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210, "Wedding Cantata": Recitative: So glaubt man denn, dass die Musik verführe

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    14. Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge, BWV 120a: Aria: Leit, o Gott, durch deine Liebe

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    15. Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

    16. Prelude No. 5 in D Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Luca Quintavalle

    17. Fugue No. 5 in D Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Luca Quintavalle

    18. No. 1. Ophelia's Song

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    19. No. 2. Gamayun, Bird of Prophecy

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    20. No. 3. We were Together

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    21. No. 4. The Town Sleeps

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    22. No. 5. The Storm

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    23. No. 6. Secret Signs

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields

    24. No. 7. Music

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: G.A.P. Ensemble

      Performer: Dorothee Mields


‘I play Bach every day,’ said Shostakovich in 1950, at an event to mark the bicentenary of Bach’s death. ‘For us, Bach's legacy is an embodiment of flaming emotion, soulful humanity and true humanism, which stands in contrast to the dark world of raw evil and contempt for humanity.’

Taking their inspiration from these words, and from the palpable influence of Bach on the solid forms and fluent counterpoint of Shostakovich’s own music, this quartet of musicians presents an entirely original pairing of the two composers, in which cantata arias and a major song-cycle are linked and interspersed by instrumental interludes.

The German soprano Dorothee Mields is renowned for her piercing musicianship and luminous tone in the music of Bach, working with such illustrious conductors as Rene Jacobs and Philippe Herreweghe. Her contributions to recent recordings in this field have been called ‘sensational’ and ‘ravishing’ by Gramophone.

Here she sings recitatives and arias from seven cantatas, including the meditative opening movement of ‘Ich bin in mir vergnügt BWV204’. The trio-sonata accompaniment brings her expressive handling of the text to the fore, and prefaces the arias with the G major Sonata BWV1021 for violin and continuo, while Luca Quintavalle contributes the sixth Prelude and Fugue from Book 2 of ‘The Well-Tempered Clavier’. Switching to piano for Shostakovich, Quintavalle plays the D major Prelude and Fugue from the Russian composer’s counterpart to the WTC. The early Piano Trio No.1 makes a Romantically yearning preface to the late settings of Alexander Blok which Shostakovich composed alongside the song-cycle Fourteenth Symphony. These songs find the composer at his most introspective, unsparing and yet rewarding of the subtlety which Mields brings to them. The idioms of Bach and Shostakovich complement as much as they contrast, and they are drawn together here by performances of powerful eloquence.