Bach to Moog (A Realisation for Electronics and Orchestra) Craig Leon feat. Jennifer Pike & Sinfonietta Cracovia

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
• 1 Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: Preludio 04:01
• 2 Violin Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: Siciliano 04:21
• 3 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesus bleibet meine Freude 02:50
• 4 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 07:48
• 5 Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156: Arioso 02:31
• 6 Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049: I. Allegro 07:17
• 7 Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049: II. Andante 03:10
• 8 Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049: III. Presto 05:26
• 9 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air 02:54
• 10 The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria 04:13
• 11 Fourteen Canons on the Goldberg Ground, BWV 1087 08:45
• Total Runtime 53:16

Info for Bach to Moog (A Realisation for Electronics and Orchestra)

Anlässlich des 50-jährigen Jubiläums des ersten Moog-Synthesizers und des 10. Todestages seines Erfinders Bob Moog veröffentlicht Sony Classical 'Bach to Moog', ein Nachfolgealbum des legendären Columbia-Albums 'Switched-On Bach' von Walter Carlos. Der Komponist und Produzent Craig Leon (Ramones, Blondie) arrangierte für 'Bach to Moog' neue Fassungen berühmter Werke von Bach unter der Verwendung von modernen Moog-Synthesizern, aber auch von Rekonstruktionen der ersten modularen Synthesizer, welche speziell für das 50-jährige Jubiläum gebaut wurden. Leon integriert die Klänge der Moog- Syntheziser wie ein Solo-Instrument in neue Orchesterarrangements, eingespielt mit der Sinfonietta Cracaovia und der Violinistin Jennifer Pike. 'Bach to Moog' präsentiert berühmteste Melodien von Bach wie die 'Aria' aus den Goldberg-Variationen, die 'Toccata und Fuge', die 'Air', das 'Siciliano' aus der Violin-Partita Nr. 4, das Brandenburgische Konzert Nr. 4, 'Jesu, meine Freude' in einer ansprechenden modernen Crossover-Fassung.

Craig Leon, Synthesizer Jennifer Pike, Violine Sinfonietta Cracovia

Craig Leon
grew up in Florida, where he received private classical music training in keyboard performance, composition, and musicology. While working in local bands and on local rock and R&B records as a keyboard player and arranger he recorded in various studios including Criteria in Miami. He eventually built his own recording studio with the help of his friend, Alex Sadkin, another Floridian who also worked at Criteria at that time. After producer, Richard Gottehrer brought in Sire recording artists, The Climax Blues Band, in to record at the studio he offered Craig an appointment in New York as his assistant.

As a result, Leon moved to Manhattan in the early 1970s where he accepted an A&R position at Sire Records in New York under Gottehrer and his partner Seymour Stein. There he was responsible for the discovery and early development of the Ramones and Talking Heads amongst other artists. He produced the first Ramones album and also concentrated on licensing more adventurous European records which the majors were unwilling to release in the U.S. At Sire, Craig learned the skills necessary for the production, as well as manufacture of recorded music.

After producing the ‘Live at CBGBs’ compilation for Atlantic Records, Craig joined Richard Gottehrer and Marty Thau to set up a production company called Instant Records. Projects included the early Blondie records, Richard Hell & The Voidoids and Suicide. Other productions throughout the 70s included Chilliwack, Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band, Martha Velez & The Wailers (co-produced with Bob Marley and Lee Perry), Robert Gordon& Link Wray, Moon Martin (including ‘Bad Case of Loving You’ and ‘Cadillac Walk’), Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, The Roches(with Robert Fripp), Dwight Twilley, Sir Douglas Quintet, The Records and others. In the early 80s came The Fabulous Thunderbirds,The Bangles,The Beat Farmers,etc.

In the mid 80s Craig relocated to the U.K. at the request of Statik Records (an independent subsidiary of Virgin) where he produced Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Flesh For Lulu and others including mixing for The Chameleons and The Sound. Since that time he has been active in both the major and alternative music scenes in the UK with over 40 chart records including Doctor and The Medics, The Pogues, The Go Betweens, The Primitives, Adult Net, etc. Craig also produced the Blondie comeback album ,No Exit,(1999) and has worked on the album, Curse of Blondie (2003), Mark Owen(of Take That), Jean Luc de Meyer, Front242,The Chills, as well as The Fall, Jesus Jones,New Fads, Eugenius and Shonen Knife. It is interesting to note that in 1999 Craig became the only producer in UK chart history to have produced a number 1 pop single (Blondie-Maria) and a completely different number 1 classical album (Izzy-Libera Me-Decca) in the same year.

He has always been concerned with the development of new ideas and working in alternative forms within contemporary music. He has written and performed on three albums of his own, including “Nommos” (a dance piece based on North African ethnic themes and electronic music, that was used by members of The Twyla Tharp dance troupe which was also used as the opening exhibit for the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art in 1981),and the full length score of the Kosh Dance Theatre piece, “Klub Anima”, which deals with alternating classical and modern electronic forms. _Craig has recently produced a number of classical projects including “Wings of Song” for Sir James Galway and The London Symphony Orchestra,”Romance of the Violin” for Joshua Bell and The Academy of St. Martin In The Fields, an album of original compositions with Elysium (featuring members of Sequentia) and the Vienna RSO, three number one classical albums with new age/classical artist Izzy,an album of folk song transcriptions for Andreas Scholl,”Wayfaring Stranger”, the debut recital album for soprano Natasha Marsh, a crossover project for Italian soprano Giorgia Fumanti, and a disc of the music of Italian Cinema with the composer Luis Bacalov including performances by Luciano Pavarotti, Sting, Deborah Harry and others. He has also produced 6 folk-electronic albums for Texas folk artist Cassell Webb.

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