Correspondences Martina Rudić & Michele Gamba

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 (Arr. for Cello & Piano):
• 1 Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): I. Adagio 04:15
• 2 Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): II. Allegro ma non tanto 03:48
• 3 Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): III. Andante 03:07
• 4 Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): IV. Allegro moderato 03:14
• Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003) Sequnza XIV for Cello
• 5 Berio: Sequnza XIV for Cello 12:01
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 (Arr. for Cello & Piano):
• 6 Bach: Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): I. Adagio 02:24
• 7 Bach: Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): II. Allegro 04:03
• 8 Bach: Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): III. Andante 04:44
• 9 Bach: Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): IV. Allegro 04:26
• Pierre Boulez (1925 - 2016): 12 Notations for Piano:
• 10 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 1, Fantasque - Modéré 00:59
• 11 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 2, Très vif 00:25
• 12 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 3, Assez lent 01:03
• 13 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 4, Rythmique 00:36
• 14 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 5, Doux et improvisé 00:55
• 15 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 6, Rapide 00:38
• 16 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 7, Hiératique 01:11
• 17 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 8, Modéré jusqu’ à très vif 01:14
• 18 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 9, Lointain - Calme 01:54
• 19 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 10, Mécanique et très sec 00:49
• 20 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 11, Scintillant 00:59
• 21 Boulez: 12 Notations for Piano: No. 12, Lent - Puissant et âpre 01:12
• Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 (Arr. for Cello & Piano):
• 22 Bach: Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): I. Vivace 05:31
• 23 Bach: Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): II. Adagio 06:15
• 24 Bach: Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): III. Allegro 03:50
• Total Runtime 01:09:33

Info for Correspondences

“The idea of this album came to us during the first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020. Martina and I share a deep enthusiasm for new music and we are always eager to find the common roots of composers who have been a constant part of our development as musicians, going right back to our school years. What have Berio and Boulez in common with Bach? Firstly, polyphony. The Bach Sonatas, played here on piano and cello, are in fact “Sonate a 3”, in which the use of different timbres and rhythms goes along with the Bach’s mastery of counterpoint and the sheer inventiveness of the musical motifs. We find that these elements of the composer’s creativity are also very present in the music of Berio and Boulez. In Berio’s Sequenza for cello, the exploration of the idea of polyphony on a monodic instrument, the variety of atmosphere and the pure technical virtuosity find their roots in Bach’s music. Boulez, with his Douze Notations for piano, pays a huge debt to the old German tradition of counterpoint, filtered through the twelvetone system of Schönberg. Boulez clearly stated that he wanted to make fun of the Second Viennese School, and yet the character of each piece and the virtuosity of each tiny nuance recall Bach’s heritage, in particular his rhythmic precision and the effective way that the different ‘voices’ can be heard. These ideas have encouraged us to offer listeners some fascinating parallels between centuries which can seem so far from one another. We hope that re-building these bridges in our own time might help to maintain dialogues and echoes of the history of our common cultural patrimony.” (Michele Gamba and Martina Rudic)

Martina Rudić, cello
Michele Gamba, piano

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