Michael Gees
Bach - Mendelssohn - Metamorphosis
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917275124
- Catalog number CC 72751
- Release date 08 September 2017
About the album
Michael Gees: How can a musical idea develop over and above what has been written down? What would Bach have thought about Mendelssohn? What would have happened had they been able to encourage each other to extemporise on their compositions?
It is considerations such as these that lead me to explore the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy by way of adaptational improvisations. In this context, I want to mention the term historical performance practice. Once upon a time – long before the invention of jazz – it was desired of, and common for, performers to treat the prescribed material creatively, improvising on the works in front of them, not only playing them, but also playing with them.
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11Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825 Introduction
02:09 -
12Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825 Prelude
01:52 -
13Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825 Allemande
04:07 -
14Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825 Courante
03:10 -
15Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825 Sarabande
03:03 -
16Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825 Menuett I
02:02 -
17Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825 Menuett II
00:51 -
18Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825 Gigue
03:16 -
19Lieder ohne Worte Op. 30, No. 2 in B-flat Minor
05:26 -
110Lieder ohne Worte Op. 67, No. 3 in B-flat Major
03:43 -
111Lieder ohne Worte Op. 30, No. 5 in D Major
04:18 -
112Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach No. 5 Menuet
04:00 -
113Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach No. 7 Menuet
01:44 -
114Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach No. 22 Musette
02:44 -
115Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach No. 18 Marche
01:38 -
116Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach No. 19 Polonaise
03:42 -
1176 Gesänge, Op.19a Neue Liebe
03:29 -
1186 Lieder, Op.71 Nachtlied (Joseph von Eichendorff), 1847
05:25 -
119Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849 Prelude
04:02 -
120Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849 Fugue
04:37 -
121Lieder ohne Worte Op. 102, No. 5 in A Major
03:48
A grammy nomination for Winterreise by Prégardien & Gees!
10-12-2013
We are proud to announce that the outstanding recording of Winterreise by Christoph Prégardien and Michael Gees was nominated for the 56th Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo!
You can watch the trailer by clicking on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-7BLF0uKJ4
Winterreise
Prégardien and Gees have performed Winterreise numerous times together and Prégardien has released Winterreise before with Andreas Staier on fortepiano in 1996. The release won multiple awards. Nonetheless, this new release of Winterreise adds in many ways to this former release. Prégardien’s ...