Brad Mehldau — After Bach II

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Bach’s keyboard music, sublime and seemingly inevitable in performance, has proven fertile ground for many jazz pianists. And given that Bach was one of classical music’s supreme improvisers, they understandably feel a kinship to him, too. Among them is Brad Mehldau, whose best work has often emerged out of the emotional directness of Radiohead or The Beatles. Arguably, however, it’s Bach that teases out his best work. Here, the American pianist and composer treats preludes, fugues and other works (which he plays in their original form) as foundations for sophisticated, spirited and often very beautiful originals. The feverish Prelude No. 6 in D Minor sparks from Mehldau a similarly febrile Toccata built on the Prelude’s relentless arpeggiations. And his playful Variations on the <i>Goldberg Variations</i> preserve the kernel of the originals while giving flight to some of his most imaginative and astonishing creations. For moments of genuine exquisiteness, Mehldau’s Intermezzo (track 10) and final Postlude both possess perfect balances of Bachian transparency and modern sentiment.

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Brad Mehldau

Треки

  1. Prelude to Prelude 1:22
  2. Prelude No. 9 in E Major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 854 1:48
  3. Prelude No. 6 in D Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 851 1:18
  4. After Bach: Toccata 14:42
  5. Partita for Keyboard No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: II. Allemande 8:11
  6. After Bach: Cavatina 5:16
  7. Prelude No. 20 in A Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 865 1:07
  8. Between Bach 6:05
  9. Fugue No. 20 in A Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 865 3:55
  10. Intermezzo 1:26
  11. Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme: Aria-like 3:39
  12. Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme: Variation I, Minor 5/8 a 2:12
  13. Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme: Variation II, Minor 5/8 b 1:10
  14. Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme: Variation III, Major 7/4 2:31
  15. Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme: Variation IV, Breakbeat 1:40
  16. Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme: Variation V, Jazz 2:03
  17. Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme: Variation VI, Finale 1:40
  18. Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 852 3:59
  19. Postlude 2:16