Bach: Transcriptions / Stefano Molardi

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
July 22, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Stefano Molardi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 22, 2022
    • UPC
      5028421964133
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96413
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Wir danken dir, Gott, BWV 29: Sinfonia (arr. A Guilmant for organ)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    2. Bleibt, ihr Engel, bleibt bei mir!

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    3. Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    4. Wer bist du? frage dein Gewissen

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    5. Christi Glieder, ach bedenket

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    6. Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10: Herr, der du stark und machtig bist (arr. for organ)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    7. Part II: Komm, süsses Kreuz

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    8. Part I: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    9. St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I: Von den Stricken meiner Sünden (arr. for organ)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    10. Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 539: Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    11. I. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    12. III. Andante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    13. IV. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    14. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    15. Wo soll ich fliehen hin (Auf meinen lieben Gott), BWV 646

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    16. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 647

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    17. Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, BWV 648

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    18. Ach bleib' bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    19. Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    20. I. —

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    21. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    22. III. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    23. Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Keyboard in B Minor, BWV 1014: III. Andante (arr. for organ)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    24. Trio No. 1 in C Minor

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    25. I. Adagio - Vivace

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    26. II. Andante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    27. III. Un poco allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    28. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    29. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    30. III. Trio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    31. IV. Tutti

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi

    32. V. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Molardi


Transcription has always been a widespread musical practice, following the desire to arrange pieces originally written for an instrumental and/or vocal ensemble for an instrument like the organ or harpsichord or, later, the piano. The eighteenth century was a very fertile period for transcriptions, reaching its pinnacle among Johann Sebastian Bach’s circle. The transcriptions Bach (1685-1750) made during his time in Weimar both for organ (three concertos by Vivaldi and two by Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar) and an astonishing 14 for harpsichord (by various Italian composers) are of great artistic value. However, Bach also adapted his own works originally written for instruments or voices, ‘appropriating’ them for the keyboard. These included the first movement of his Trio Sonata No. 4, taken from the sinfonia from the cantata Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes BWV 76 (for oboe d’amore, viola da gamba and basso continuo) and the Schübler chorales, which started off life as arias in various cantatas.

The aim of this recording is to offer a series of transcriptions that were originally written for instruments other than the organ. The transcribers include Bach himself, contemporaries of him, two 19th century composers: Alexandre Guilmant and Robert Schaab, a pupil of Mendelssohn, ending with the present organist, Stefano Molardi himself.

Stefano Molardi is a “renaissance man”, organist, harpsichordist, scholar, historian and writer. He recorded extensively: the complete organ works by J.S. Bach, organ works by Bach family members, complete organ works by Kuhnau and other repertoire. His playing is clear, crisp, free and rhythmically vibrant. His recordings received 5 star reviews in the international classical magazines. Played on the Johann Nepomuk Holzhey (1797) organ at the Neresheim Abbey, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the specifications of which are included in the booklet.