Cameron Carpenter - All You Need Is Bach - Import CD

Credits:

Cameron Carpenter

Description:

Hailed as "the musician who changed the perception of the organ ... the man who broke the taboo of classical music" (Los Angeles Times), this is the second album by the virtuoso organist and composer Cameron Carpenter on Sony Classical. 1981. Born in Pennsylvania in 1981, Carpenter is now 34 years old (as of 2016), but his unprecedented playing and way of life, which shatters all existing images of classical organ music and organists, has generated overwhelming enthusiasm and praise everywhere, as well as criticism and rejection. In February 2013, he made his first visit to Japan, where his recital at Suntory Hall was broadcast on TV and attracted a great deal of attention.His performance repertoire is also unconventional, and he is not only able to play the complete organ works of Bach and Franck, which are standard for organists, but also hundreds of his own arrangements for organ performance, his own compositions published exclusively by the historic German label Peters, as well as works with jazz and pop musicians. He is also a superb performer who is able to perform the greatest number and variety of works of any organist, both old and new, including works with jazz and pop musicians. In this album, Carpenter's bold interpretations of Bach's works, while making full use of the organ's functions, even though they are orthodox Bach works, overturn the conventional conception of the Bach organ. The organ used is the "Touring Organ," a mobile digital organ (a completely new type of organ that can incorporate and reproduce the tones of various instruments from around the world) that Carpenter has long envisioned and developed in collaboration with the American organ company Marshall & Ogletree. The venue chosen for the recording was "The Church of Jesus Christ in Berlin," where Karajan and others have produced many famous performances.The large space of the church creates an ideal reverberation for the recording, and even the touch of the performance is captured beautifully. The recording was done by renowned engineer Philipp Nedel, who has recorded and remastered many of Teldec's best recordings as a surround engineer for Soundmirror in the US (and also remastered the Living Stereo SACD), and is currently the founder of b-sharp studios in Berlin. engineer Philipp Nedel, who is currently the founder of b-sharp studios in Berlin and is responsible for numerous recordings and remastering. Sony Music

Tracklisting:

1.The Art of Fugue BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 9 a 4, alla Duodecima
2.Trio Sonata for Organ No. 3 in D minor BWV 527: I. Andante
3.Trio Sonata for Organ No. 3 in D minor BWV 527: II. Adagio e dolce
4.Trio Sonata for Organ No. 3 in D minor BWV 527: III. Vivace
5.Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544: Preludium
6.Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544: Fuga
7.French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816: I. Allemande
8.French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816: II. Courante
9.French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816: III. Sarabande
10.French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816: IV. Gavotte
11.French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816: V. Bourree
12.French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816: VI. Loure
13.French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816: VII. Gigue
14.Trio Sonata for Organ No. 1 in E-flat major BWV 525: I. [Alla breve]
15.Trio Sonata for Organ No. 1 in E-flat major BWV 525: II. Adagio
16.Trio Sonata for Organ No. 1 in E-flat major BWV 525: III. Allegro
17.Orgelbuchlein: Chorale Prelude, O Mensch, bewein dein' Sunde grofs BWV 622 - Adagio assai
18.Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582: Passacaglia
19.Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582: Thema fugatum
20.All You Need Is Bach / Invention No. 8 in F major BWV 779

Cameron Carpenter Collection List