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Orpheus Descending / Edwards
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Orpheus Descending / Edwards

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Composer
BACH, J.S.
Artist
Mark Edwards
Format
CD
Label
Early-music.com
Released
Jan 20, 2017
Catalog #
EMCCD-7778
UPC
629048208324

About

This release offers one potential answer to a particular question: what happens to a musical performance when it is directed towards the bringing-to-life of a story? In this case, that story is the iconic one of Orpheus and Eurydice, realized in eight different ways by eight different composers of the past. Multiple prizewinning harpsichordist Mark Edwards—whose interpretations challenge the usual boundaries between musical text and act—performs works that, if they don’t explicitly refer to the Orphic narrative allying music, death, and rebirth, surely cast some light on it and are in turn illuminated by it. Mark Edwards reveals himself a lucid and inspired performer, following the hero as he descends, like him accomplishing wonders along the way through his art. First prize winner in the 2012 Musica Antiqua Bruges International Harpsichord Competition, Canadian harpsichordist and organist Mark Edwards (b. 1986) is recognized for his captivating performances, bringing the listener “to new and unpredictable regions, using all of the resources of his instrument, [...] of his virtuosity, and of his imagination” (La Libre Belgique).

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Fantasia chromatica in Dorian mode, SwWV 258 07:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    Fantasia chromatica in Dorian mode, SwWV 258
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Performer
    Mark Edwards
  2. 2 Toccata in G Major 09:16
    Track
    2
    Title
    Toccata in G Major
    Duration
    09:16
    Composer
    Johann Adam Reincken
    Performer
    Mark Edwards
  3. 3 Passacaglia in D Minor 06:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    Passacaglia in D Minor
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Johann Caspar Kerll
    Performer
    Mark Edwards
  4. 4 Partita No. 20 in D Major, FbWV 620, "Meditation sur ma mort future" 05:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    Partita No. 20 in D Major, FbWV 620, "Meditation sur ma mort future"
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Johann Jacob Froberger
    Performer
    Mark Edwards
  5. 5 Musicalischer Parnassus: Uranie, Suite No. 9: IX. Passacaglia 04:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    Musicalischer Parnassus: Uranie, Suite No. 9: IX. Passacaglia
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
    Performer
    Mark Edwards
  6. 6 Hexachordum Apollinis: Aria Sebaldina in F Minor 07:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    Hexachordum Apollinis: Aria Sebaldina in F Minor
    Duration
    07:11
    Composer
    Johann Pachelbel
    Performer
    Mark Edwards
  7. 7 Musicalische Vorstellung einiger biblischer Historien, "Biblical Sonatas": Sonata No. 2, "Saul malinconico e tratullato per mezzo della Musica" 13:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    Musicalische Vorstellung einiger biblischer Historien, "Biblical Sonatas": Sonata No. 2, "Saul malinconico e tratullato per mezzo della Musica"
    Duration
    13:17
    Composer
    Johann Kuhnau
    Performer
    Mark Edwards
  8. 8 Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (arr. M. Edwards for harpsichord based on Busoni's arrangement for piano) 13:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (arr. M. Edwards for harpsichord based on Busoni's arrangement for piano)
    Duration
    13:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Mark Edwards