Pieter-Jan Belder – J.S. Bach: Miscellaneous Pieces for Harpsichord (2022) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Pieter-Jan Belder – J.S. Bach: Miscellaneous Pieces for Harpsichord (2022)
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Over a career spanning more than 30 years, the Dutch harpsichordist and conductor Pieter-Jan Belder has become renowned as a Bach interpreter with his surveys in concert and on record of the keyboard and orchestral masterpieces such as The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Brandenburg Concertos and no fewer than three recordings of the Goldberg Variations.On this new album, recorded in 2020 and 2021 on a modern Titus Crijnen copy of a Ruckers model, Pieter-Jan Belder turns to the overlooked corners of Bach’s early writing for the harpsichord. These include standalone fugues, fantasias and suites based on themes by contemporary composers such as Reincken and Albinoni. Nevertheless, there is no sense of routine or technical exercise about them. The pieces here are almost all extrovert, playing to the strengths of the young Bach as a performer as well as composer, and already demonstrating that confidence which would go on to mark his mature compositions. An appreciation of French flair is discernible in the F minor Suite BWV823 and elsewhere, but the dominant influence is the keyboard writing of Girolamo Frescobaldi, whose toccatas and canzonas were studied by Bach from an early age.

The better-known pieces here include the sober and songful Aria variata BWV989 with its courtly French theme, and the E flat Prelude, Fugue and Allegro originally written for lute, but which also finds a happy home on the harpsichord. The most famous but also most uncharacteristic piece is the mysterious Capriccio ‘on the departure of a beloved brother’ which appears to be a work of Bach’s late teenage years, though no definite corroborative proof of its commission or purpose has yet come to light. Rather, it seems unique in Bach’s output as a humorous parody of styles and emotions.

In his Bach “journey”; the recording of the complete keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach, harpsichordist Pieter-Jan Belder has compiled a collection of “miscellaneous” works, mostly early works: suites, sonatas, fantasias, variations, a capriccio, fugues and preludes & fugues. These pieces offer a fascinating insight in the “making of genius”, the experiments with musical ideas, form and rhetoric which clearly show the hand of the Master he became later.
Included are some very attractive works, like the Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo BWV992, a delightful programmatic work, the Aria Variata BWV 989 and the Ouverture in F BWV 820.

Pieter-Jan Belder is currently engaged in the new recording of the complete keyboard works by Bach. Belder is one of the world’s foremost keyboard players, with an astonishing number of CD’s to his name: the complete Scarlatti Sonatas, Bach keyboard works, Rameau, Soler, Duphly, Marais, CPE Bach, Corelli, Purcell, Telemann, the complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book…to be continued. Critics praise his versatility, his innate feeling for style, his impeccable technique: “Superb keyboard artistry and consummate technique”(MusicWeb), “alive, fresh-sounding and thoroughly engaged..” (Fanfare), “The most vital Bach performances of the moment” (Volkskrant).

Tracklist:

1-01. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fantasie A Minor, BWV 922 (07:22)
1-02. Pieter-Jan Belder – Ouverture in F Major, BWV 820: I. Ouverture (02:32)
1-03. Pieter-Jan Belder – Ouverture in F Major, BWV 820: II. Entrée (02:01)
1-04. Pieter-Jan Belder – Ouverture in F Major, BWV 820: III. Menuet 1&2 (02:25)
1-05. Pieter-Jan Belder – Ouverture in F Major, BWV 820: IV. Bourrée (01:00)
1-06. Pieter-Jan Belder – Ouverture in F Major, BWV 820: V. Gigue (00:42)
1-07. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Major, BWV 963: I. Allegro (02:49)
1-08. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Major, BWV 963: II. Adagio (00:50)
1-09. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Major, BWV 963: III. Fuga (02:11)
1-10. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Major, BWV 963: IV. Adagio (00:44)
1-11. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Major, BWV 963: V. Thema all’ imitatione Gallina Cucca (02:30)
1-12. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fugue in D Minor, BWV 948 (04:19)
1-13. Pieter-Jan Belder – Suite in F Minor, BWV 823: I. Prélude (01:47)
1-14. Pieter-Jan Belder – Suite in F Minor, BWV 823: II. Sarabande en Rondeau (03:22)
1-15. Pieter-Jan Belder – Suite in F Minor, BWV 823: III. Gigue (01:54)
1-16. Pieter-Jan Belder – Prelude and Fugue in B Minor on a Theme by Albinoni: I. Praeludium, BWV 923 (03:30)
1-17. Pieter-Jan Belder – Prelude and Fugue in B Minor on a Theme by Albinoni: II. Fuga, BWV 951 (08:06)
1-18. Pieter-Jan Belder – Praeludium et partita del tuono terza in F Major, BWV 833: I. Praeludium (01:25)
1-19. Pieter-Jan Belder – Praeludium et partita del tuono terza in F Major, BWV 833: II. Allemande (02:49)
1-20. Pieter-Jan Belder – Praeludium et partita del tuono terza in F Major, BWV 833: III. Courante (01:56)
1-21. Pieter-Jan Belder – Praeludium et partita del tuono terza in F Major, BWV 833: IV. Sarabande & Double (01:55)
1-22. Pieter-Jan Belder – Praeludium et partita del tuono terza in F Major, BWV 833: V. Air (01:25)
1-23. Pieter-Jan Belder – Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 896: I. Praeludium (00:41)
1-24. Pieter-Jan Belder – Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 896: II. Fuge (02:27)
1-25. Pieter-Jan Belder – Capriccio in honorem Johann Christoph Bachii Ohrdruf in E Major, BWV 993 (06:10)
1-26. Pieter-Jan Belder – Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: I. Arioso, ist eine Schmeichelung der Freunde, um denselben von seiner Reise Abzuhalten (02:10)
1-27. Pieter-Jan Belder – Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: II. Ist eine Vorstellung unterschiedlicher Casuum, die ihm in der Fremde könnten Vorfallen (00:55)
1-28. Pieter-Jan Belder – Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: III. Adagiosissimo Ist ein allgemeines Lamento der Freunde (01:17)
1-29. Pieter-Jan Belder – Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: IV. Allhier kommen die Freunde, weil sie doch sehen, dass es anders nicht sein kann, und nehmen Abschied (02:50)
1-30. Pieter-Jan Belder – Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: V. Allegro Poco, aria del Postiglione (01:39)
1-31. Pieter-Jan Belder – Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: VI. Fuga all’ imitatione della Posta (05:52)
1-32. Pieter-Jan Belder – Suite in A Major, BWV 832: I. Allemande (05:40)
1-33. Pieter-Jan Belder – Suite in A Major, BWV 832: II. Air pour les Trompettes (02:58)
1-34. Pieter-Jan Belder – Suite in A Major, BWV 832: III. Sarabande (03:05)
1-35. Pieter-Jan Belder – Suite in A Major, BWV 832: IV. Bourrée (03:28)
1-36. Pieter-Jan Belder – Suite in A Major, BWV 832: V. Gigue (02:10)
1-37. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fugue in C Major, BWV 946 after Albinoni (03:39)
1-38. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fantasia and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 951a on a Theme by Albinoni: I. Fantasia (05:09)
1-39. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fantasia and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 951a on a Theme by Albinoni: II. Fuga (04:11)
1-40. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fugue in A Major, BWV 950 on a Theme by Albinoni (01:41)
1-41. Pieter-Jan Belder – Praeludium in C Minor, BWV 921 (05:20)
1-42. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fantasie in C Minor, BWV 1121 (01:55)
1-43. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in A Minor, BWV 967 (01:40)
1-44. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fantasie in G Minor ‘in duobus subiectis’, BWV 917 (03:08)
1-45. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fugue in A Minor, BWV 947 (00:40)
1-46. Pieter-Jan Belder – Canzona in D Minor, BWV 588 (01:00)
1-47. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fugue in A Major, BWV 949 (02:34)
1-48. Pieter-Jan Belder – Praeludium in E-Flat Major, BWV 815 (02:44)
1-49. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 955 on a Theme by Erselius (03:06)
1-50. Pieter-Jan Belder – Aria variata, BWV 989 (01:46)
1-51. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Minor, BWV 965 after Reincken: I. Adagio (04:06)
1-52. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Minor, BWV 965 after Reincken: II. Fuga (00:45)
1-53. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Minor, BWV 965 after Reincken: III. Adagio (00:38)
1-54. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Minor, BWV 965 after Reincken: IV. Presto (03:55)
1-55. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Minor, BWV 965 after Reincken: V. Allemande (03:03)
1-56. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Minor, BWV 965 after Reincken: VI. Courante (05:39)
1-57. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Minor, BWV 965 after Reincken: VII. Sarabande (03:23)
1-58. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonata in D Minor, BWV 965 after Reincken: VIII. Gigue (15:50)
1-59. Pieter-Jan Belder – Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 954 on a Theme by Reincken (01:47)
1-60. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonate in C Major, BWV 966 after Reincken: I. Praeludium (03:44)
1-61. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonate in C Major, BWV 966 after Reincken: II. Fuga (00:27)
1-62. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonate in C Major, BWV 966 after Reincken: III. Adagio (00:36)
1-63. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonate in C Major, BWV 966 after Reincken: IV. Allegro (04:47)
1-64. Pieter-Jan Belder – Sonate in C Major, BWV 966 after Reincken: V. Allemande (02:24)
1-65. Pieter-Jan Belder – Praeludium, Fugue & Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998: I. Praeludium (02:08)
1-66. Pieter-Jan Belder – Praeludium, Fugue & Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998: II. Fuge (06:43)
1-67. Pieter-Jan Belder – Praeludium, Fugue & Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998: III. Allegro (04:14)

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