The Bach Book: 40th Anniversary Album

by Jacques Loussier

The Bach Book: 40th Anniversary Album cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 26 October 1999
  • Label: Telarc
  • Country: France
  • Length: 59:04
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: André Arpino

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Jacques Loussier's fortieth-anniversary Bach album, returning to the Play Bach formula he began in 1959, when his trio's jazz versions of Bach became an international success. The recordings pair his trio with orchestral forces.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, improvisational, melodic, virtuosic, complex

Tracklist

  1. Prelude No. 1 In C Major (From "The Well-Tempered Clavier", BWV 846) (4:48)
  2. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro (10:39)
  3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major, BWV 1050: II. Affettuoso (5:51)
  4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major, BWV 1050: III. Allegro (9:07)
  5. Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring (From Cantata No. 147) (4:35)
  6. Gavotte In B Minor (From Suite In D Major, BWV 1068) (3:45)
  7. Concerto In D Major For Harpsichord, BWV 1054: I. Allegro (8:55)
  8. Concerto In D Major For Harpsichord, BWV 1054: II. Andante (6:05)
  9. Concerto In D Major For Harpsichord, BWV 1054: III. Allegro (5:15)

Credits

  • Gil Mayers - illustration [cover illustration]
  • Erica Brenner - supervised by [production supervisor]

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