Bach arranging and arranged : The Bach Players

Bach arranging and arranged by The Bach Players

The Bach Players : Bach arranging and arranged.
Baroque instrumental and vocal gems.

Bach arranging and arranged : What happens when great composers arrange each other's works? Johann Sebastian Bach gave Pergolesi's Stabat Mater a new text and a new viola part, making a fresh piece that speaks both of Germany and Italy. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gave string players the pleasure of playing fugues from the Well-tempered Clavier II: fresh arrangements by The Bach Players complete the set of all the four-part fugues from this work.

J. S. Bach, Fugues from the Well-tempered Clavier II, arranged for string quartet by W.A. Mozart, K 405, c. 1782 G. B. Pergolesi, Stabat Mater in F minor, arranged by J. S. Bach on the text of Psalm 51: 'Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden', BWV 1083, c. 1746

Rachel Elliott: soprano
Sally Bruce-Payne: alto
Nicolette Moonen: violin
Rodolfo Richter: violin
Huw Daniel: violin
Sophie Barber: violin
Anne Schumann: viola
Alison McGillivray: cello
Elizabeth Bradley: double bass
Pawel Siwczak: organ

"The performance is a delight from start to finish. All too often this music is spoilt by the uneven results and almost invariable rivalry stemming from the partnership of a soprano with a counter-tenor. Neither Rachel Elliott nor Sally Bruce-Payne is over-assertive or over-eager to take centre stage, much preferring to preserve the penitential context of the piece and the ethereal beauty of the music ... In short, no rival version that I have heard on disc, and there are several, matches this one. Well-judged tempos and an ideal recorded sound set the seal on a particularly satisfying issue. To hell with the credit crunch, go and buy it, at once."
Nicholas Anderson, International Record Review, February 2009

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Release date: 9/17/2011
The Bach Players lives in London England

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Classical Period, Classical Singing, Cello, Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Organ, Violin

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