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Bach: Six Suites for Viola Solo BWV 1007-1012 / Libralon
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Bach: Six Suites for Viola Solo BWV 1007-1012 / Libralon

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Details

Composer
BACH, J.S.
Artist
Simone Libralon
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Sep 24, 2021
Catalog #
BRI96425
UPC
5028421964256

About

In the music of Bach, the Italian violist Simone Libralon has found a lifelong companion, who ‘unfailingly touches that emotional chord we need in the varied and contrasting moments of human experience - a safe haven reserved for intimate spirituality.’ His own approach to the suites which Bach wrote while Capellmeister at Weimar, however, is inflected not only by lived experience but also scholarship and a lively sense of performance style: ‘I’ve always thought of the sound of Bach in keyboard-related terms: fresh and light like a harpsichord, with the depth and solemnity of the organ, but sensed throughout as a continuum that conceals great compositional and conceptual complexity.’ His new recording of the Suites is accordingly personal and unique; he omits most of the marked repeats and brings a refreshingly flowing pulse to movements which are often interpreted as monuments of reflection such as the Sarabande of the Fifth Suite (here lasting less than a minute and a half). However, his decisions always arise from a sense of each movement’s inner character, and his account of the Sixth Suite’s Prelude is as spacious as Rostropovich’s. In doing so, he further demonstrates the imperishable quality of music which absorbs and reflects an almost infinite multiplicity of interpretations while conveying the different character of the artists who channel Bach’s inspiration.

Tracklist 36 tracks

  1. 1 I. Prélude 02:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  2. 2 II. Allemande 02:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  3. 3 III. Courante 01:26
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  4. 4 IV. Sarabande 01:30
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  5. 5 V. Menuet I and II 02:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Menuet I and II
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  6. 6 VI. Gigue 01:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  7. 7 I. Prélude 04:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  8. 8 II. Allemande 01:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  9. 9 III. Courante 01:18
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  10. 10 IV. Sarabande 02:45
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  11. 11 V. Menuet I and II 01:55
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Menuet I and II
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  12. 12 VI. Gigue 01:27
    Track
    12
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  13. 13 I. Prélude 04:29
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  14. 14 II. Allemande 02:13
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  15. 15 III. Courante 01:39
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  16. 16 IV. Sarabande 02:21
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  17. 17 V. Bourree I-II 02:29
    Track
    17
    Title
    V. Bourree I-II
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  18. 18 VI. Gigue 01:56
    Track
    18
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  19. 19 I. Prélude 03:42
    Track
    19
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  20. 20 II. Allemande 02:16
    Track
    20
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  21. 21 III. Courante 01:51
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  22. 22 IV. Sarabande 02:17
    Track
    22
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  23. 23 V. Bourrée I-II 03:55
    Track
    23
    Title
    V. Bourrée I-II
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  24. 24 VI. Gigue 01:41
    Track
    24
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  25. 25 I. Prélude 06:53
    Track
    25
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  26. 26 II. Allemande 03:23
    Track
    26
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  27. 27 III. Courante 01:06
    Track
    27
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  28. 28 IV. Sarabande 01:24
    Track
    28
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  29. 29 V. Gavotte I-II 03:08
    Track
    29
    Title
    V. Gavotte I-II
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  30. 30 VI. Gigue 01:14
    Track
    30
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  31. 31 I. Prélude 04:53
    Track
    31
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  32. 32 II. Allemande 03:49
    Track
    32
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  33. 33 III. Courante 02:07
    Track
    33
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  34. 34 IV. Sarabande 02:51
    Track
    34
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  35. 35 V. Gavotte I-II 03:20
    Track
    35
    Title
    V. Gavotte I-II
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon
  36. 36 VI. Gigue 02:21
    Track
    36
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Simone Libralon