Amandine Beyer - Bach from Italy -The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences : Gli Incogniti - Import 2 CD Limited Edition

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Amandine Beyer

Bach in the Sun Bach's admiration for Vivaldi, which Beyer reveals lightly and vividly. A whole new "Yang" Bach! Amandine Beyer and Re-Inconcernity's new recording reveals Bach's ardent devotion to the Italian music of his day, especially the works of Vivaldi and the Marcello brothers. The young Bach learned the fashionable Italian concerto writing style through arrangements for keyboard instruments. He arranged Vivaldi's concerto "RV565 (op. 3-11)" into "BWV596" for solo organ, and A. Marcello's oboe concerto and B. Marcello's violin concerto into "BWV974" and "BWV981" for solo harpsichord. This experience helped Bach to understand what a concerto is and led him to create the Violin Concerto and the Brandenburg Concerto on his own. After the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, the "first ever harpsichord concerto," Bach began to self-arrange the various concertos he had written in the past into harpsichord concertos one after another. It is interesting to note that at this time, Bach arranged Vivaldi's concerto "RV580 (op.3-10)" into a concerto for four harpsichords "BWV1065," paying homage once again to his great Italian predecessor. In addition, only the harpsichord versions of "BWV1060R" and "BWV1064R" have survived in modern scores after the arrangement, from which the original concertos were restored. This is a fascinating program that integrates the three elements of "Bach, Italy, and concertos," with the arrangement as the key word. When we think of Bach, we may feel a sense of holiness, an inaccessible divinity, or a lone light shining far above the heavens. But Bayé and his colleagues bring out the bright, shining, positive colors latent in Bach's notes with a surprising lightness of touch. The Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 is a masterpiece with impressive violin virtuosity, but Beyer's solo here is so "sunny" that one might have thought the red-haired priest Vivaldi had joined in.Bach's Concerto for two violins in D minor is also surprisingly light, like a fresh breeze blowing through the air. Beyer says that there are moments in Bach's works where he feels flashes of Vivaldi. This program gives us a glimpse of Bach's gaze and admiration for the composers he transcribed and arranged, but whom he had never met. There is a choice between a stoic pursuit of the superb virtuosity of the intertwining counterpoints, and a performance like this that evokes the air and light of Italy and makes us involuntarily swoon at the beauty of the horizontal flow of the music. Re-Inconitie (meaning "those without a name," formed in 2006) is led by Beyer, a leader of the new era of French classical music. The flexible sensibility of Beyer, who can catch and present the composer's hidden voice and gaze with ease, and the skill that makes it possible, explode in both solo and ensemble performances. This is a limited edition release in Japan, with Japanese commentary and obi included. HARMONIA MUNDI