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J.s. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos

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Details

Composer
BACH, J.S.
Artist
Ruzickova, Klement, Klement, Prague Chamber Soloists, Neumann
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Apr 21, 2017
Catalog #
SU4222-2
UPC
099925422226

About

Bach saved my life... You always feel in his music that God is present somehow. This is not empty declamation. It is a deep confession of harpsichord player Zuzana Růžičková, a survivor of the inconceivable horrors of the Nazi concentration camps of Terezín, Auschwitz and her Bergen-Belsen. She always felt that Bach's music was one of the things that helped her survive. In a certain way this is also true the other way around: Zuzana Růžičková gave new life to Bach's music by persistently promoting the use of harpsichord (as opposed to commonly used piano) in performing Bach repertoire in concert. She was the very first person to initiate the gigantic project of recording the complete harpsichord concertos composed by Bach. This project included the Supraphon recording she made with conductor Václav Neumann and their ensemble at teh unsettled time of the Prague spring of 1968 and the subsequent invasion of the Soviet Army into Czechoslovakia. "The sessions had to be interrupted due to the occasional crack of gunfire or the rumble of tanks passing by the Rudolphinum." One thus might be tempted to label the recording "a historical document" and put in the archive drawers.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro 09:12
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:12
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  3. 2 II. Adagio 08:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  4. 3 III. Allegro 09:20
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    09:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  5. 4 I. Allegro 09:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:06
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  6. 5 II. Siciliano 07:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Siciliano
    Duration
    07:36
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  7. 6 III. Allegro 07:35
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  8. 7 I. [Allegro] 08:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. [Allegro]
    Duration
    08:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  9. 8 II. Adagio e sempre piano 06:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio e sempre piano
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  10. 9 III. Allegro 03:04
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 I. Allegro moderato 04:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  13. 2 II. Larghetto 05:56
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  14. 3 III. Allegro ma non tanto 04:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  15. 4 I. Allegro moderato 03:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  16. 5 II. Largo 03:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  17. 6 III. Presto 04:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  18. 7 I. Allegro 08:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:24
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  19. 8 II. Andante 04:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  20. 9 III. Allegro assai 05:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  21. 10 I. (Allegro) 04:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. (Allegro)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  22. 11 II. Andante 06:37
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  23. 12 III. Allegro assai 04:25
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Zuzana Růžičková
    Ensemble
    Prague Chamber Soloists
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann