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Domestic Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach

Bergen Barokk

Domestic Bach

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Label: Lawo Classics
UPC: 7090020180854
Catnr: LWC 1073
Release date: 22 May 2015
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Label
Lawo Classics
UPC
7090020180854
Catalogue number
LWC 1073
Release date
22 May 2015
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One of the merits of the early music movement has been to highlight the flexibility of the Baroque repertoire and to show how conducive it is to realisation in a variety of ensembles and contexts. Yet the modern perception of Bach clearly has a life of its own. There is an almost unspoken romanticised notion among musicians, researchers and the listening public that the genius of this master's works, unlike those of his contemporaries, must be understood and respected in the context of complete and perfect compositions.
To tamper with these works would somehow compromise this perfection. However, this is not the way the master himself would have seen it. Bach saw music as a science and himself as a researcher. Like some of his contemporaries, he would not be averse to re-use his own material (often called musical parody). This is by no means due to laziness, rather because re-using for him was really a way to further explore the material's potential. The same can be said for his attitude towards reworking the oevres of other composers. Bach was not one to plagiarize or "improve" his contemporaries' works, but preferred to learn from and explore the opportunities of a composition. Armed with a score by a Vivaldi or a Pergolesi, he would inevitably pick up Italian musical traits and link it in with his own personal style.
Inspired by Bach's practice, Bergen Barokk has for many years arranged, and at times quite radically rearranged, several of Bach's works and adapted them to our performance situations. We have both abridged and elaborated on original scores and discovered that there is scarcely a harpsichord piece, an organ trio, cantata, aria or dance from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach that is not waiting to be unravelled in several ways. In this recording we present some selected examples.
Zu Bachs Zeiten war es gang und gäbe, sowohl seine eigenen Werke als auch die der Kollegen wiederzuverwerten und zu „verbessern“. Inspiriert von dieser Praxis arrangieren wir, das Ensemble Bergen Barokk, seit Jahren Bachs Werke, gestalten sie um und passen sie an unsere Konzertsituationen an. Wir haben Partituren gekürzt und ausgearbeitet und dabei herausgefunden, dass es kaum ein Cembalowerk, Orgeltrio, Tanz, kaum eine Kantate oder Arie aus den Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach gibt, die nicht darauf wartet, auf verschiedenste Art und Weise "aufgelöst" zu werden. Ausgewählte Beispiele davon präsentieren wir Ihnen auf dieser CD.

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Bergen Barokk

Bergen Barokk was established in 1994 and is now considered one of Norway’s leading early music ensembles. Bergen Barokk has performed concerts in the Nordic countries, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and the United States as well as having many of their concerts broadcast. CDs are released on Simax Classics, BIS, Bergen Digital, Toccata Classics and LAWO Classics, with repertoires from German, English, French and Italian Baroque.   Since 2006, the ensemble has worked on the complete recording of Telemann’s cantata year-cycle “Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst”, a collection of 72 cantatas for all Sundays, Passiontide as well as feast days of the liturgical year. The project is supported by the University of Bergen and is published by Toccata Classics in London. Bergen Barokk has...
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Bergen Barokk was established in 1994 and is now considered one of Norway’s leading early music ensembles. Bergen Barokk has performed concerts in the Nordic countries, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and the United States as well as having many of their concerts broadcast. CDs are released on Simax Classics, BIS, Bergen Digital, Toccata Classics and LAWO Classics, with repertoires from German, English, French and Italian Baroque.
Since 2006, the ensemble has worked on the complete recording of Telemann’s cantata year-cycle “Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst”, a collection of 72 cantatas for all Sundays, Passiontide as well as feast days of the liturgical year. The project is supported by the University of Bergen and is published by Toccata Classics in London. Bergen Barokk has collaborated with ensembles such as Pratum Integrum (Moscow), The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir and Barokksolistene and has performed at festivals such as the Philadelphia Bach Festival, the Moscow Early Music Festival, the Bergen International Festival and the Janácek International Music Festival (Czech Republic). Bergen Barokk is supported by the municipality of Bergen and Arts Council Norway.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and hundreds of cantatas. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.  Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.  
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and hundreds of cantatas. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.

Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.


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01.
Trio Sonata, BWV 1039/BWV 1027: Adagio
04:21
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Trio Sonata, BWV 1039/BWV 1027: Allegro ma non tanto
03:42
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Trio Sonata, BWV 1039/BWV 1027: Andante
02:27
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Trio Sonata, BWV 1039/BWV 1027: Allegro moderato
03:19
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Bergen Barokk
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Choral: «Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier», BWV 731
02:31
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Andante from Organ Trio, BWV 527
05:52
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Choral: «Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme», BWV 645
03:46
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Menuet, BWV Anh. 114
01:31
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[Aria] «So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife», BWV 515a
05:04
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Polonaise, BWV Anh. 125
01:35
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Menuet, BWV Anh. 116
01:41
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Marche, BWV Anh. 122
01:06
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[Polonaise], BWV Anh. 128
01:09
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Aria, BWV 515
01:34
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Musette, BWV Anh. 126
01:43
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Sarabande from BWV 1013
04:46
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«Warum betrübst du dich», BWV 516
01:22
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Bergen Barokk
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Rondeau, BWV Anh. 183
03:16
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Bergen Barokk
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Das Musikalische Opfer, BWV 1079: Canon a 2 per Tonos: «Ascendenteque Modulationis ascendat Gloria Regis»
03:08
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Bergen Barokk
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Das Musikalische Opfer, BWV 1079: Fuga canonica in Epidiapente
02:15
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Bergen Barokk
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Choral praeludium: «Jesus, meine Zuversicht», BWV 728
02:11
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Bergen Barokk
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«Bist du bei mir», BWV 508
01:58
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Bergen Barokk
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Choral: «Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten», BWV 691
01:59
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Bergen Barokk
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