JW Rozenboom plays Bach Seven Transcriptions (Vinyl)

Description

“Over the past two years, I have been exploring how Bach composes polyphonic music when he is not writing for keyboard/piano. This idea originated with the soprano aria from Cantata BWV 115, Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit. This piece made such a deep impression on me that I wanted to discover the structure of this composition. This search resulted in a combination of the different instruments in a single piano score. And that is where the difficulty arises: Bach can often concentrate polyphony for different instruments in a very small area. The different timbres of the instruments ensure that each part remains clearly audible. If you want to play these parts on the piano, you have to be very aware of the development of each voice, so that each part remains clearly audible.”

1. Prelude pour la Luth. Ò Cembal BWV 998
2. Largo from Violin sonata no. 3 in C major BWV 1005/3
3. Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben, Soprano aria from Matthäuspassion BWV 244
4. Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639
5. Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, Soprano aria from Cantate BWV 115
6. Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for Violin solo BWV 1004/5
7. Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit BWV 668

Bonus track
8. Fuga in G, on the theme of the song “Brabant” (composition JW Rozenboom)