J.S. Bach & Walther: Concerto Transcriptions Dónal McCann

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Organ Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593 (After Vivaldi's RV 522):
• 1 Bach: Organ Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593 (After Vivaldi's RV 522): I. Allegro 04:03
• 2 Bach: Organ Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593 (After Vivaldi's RV 522): II. Adagio 03:06
• 3 Bach: Organ Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593 (After Vivaldi's RV 522): III. Allegro 03:55
• Organ Concerto in G Major, BWV 592 (After Ernst):
• 4 Bach: Organ Concerto in G Major, BWV 592 (After Ernst): I. Allegro assai 03:21
• 5 Bach: Organ Concerto in G Major, BWV 592 (After Ernst): II. Grave 02:10
• 6 Bach: Organ Concerto in G Major, BWV 592 (After Ernst): III. Presto 01:52
• Johann Gottfried Walther (1684 - 1748): Organ Concerto in B Minor, LV 133 (After Vivaldi's RV 275):
• 7 Walther: Organ Concerto in B Minor, LV 133 (After Vivaldi's RV 275): I. Allegro 02:41
• 8 Walther: Organ Concerto in B Minor, LV 133 (After Vivaldi's RV 275): II. Adagio 02:48
• 9 Walther: Organ Concerto in B Minor, LV 133 (After Vivaldi's RV 275): III. Allegro 03:00
• Organ Concerto in D Minor, LV 138 (After Torelli's Op. 8 No. 7):
• 10 Walther: Organ Concerto in D Minor, LV 138 (After Torelli's Op. 8 No. 7) 02:42
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 595 (After Ernst):
• 11 Bach: Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 595 (After Ernst) 03:35
• Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, LV 127 (After Albinoni's Op. 2 No. 10):
• 12 Walther: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, LV 127 (After Albinoni's Op. 2 No. 10): I. Allegro 02:20
• 13 Walther: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, LV 127 (After Albinoni's Op. 2 No. 10): II. Adagio 01:05
• 14 Walther: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, LV 127 (After Albinoni's Op. 2 No. 10): III. Allegro 02:01
• Organ Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596 (After Vivaldi's RV 565):
• 15 Bach: Organ Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596 (After Vivaldi's RV 565): I. Allegro - Grave - Fuga 04:30
• 16 Bach: Organ Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596 (After Vivaldi's RV 565): II. Largo e spiccato 02:32
• 17 Bach: Organ Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596 (After Vivaldi's RV 565): III. Allegro 02:49
• Johann Gottfried Walther: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, LV 135 (After Taglietti):
• 18 Walther: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, LV 135 (After Taglietti): I. Grave, e solo 02:32
• 19 Walther: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, LV 135 (After Taglietti): II. Allegro 02:28
• 20 Walther: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, LV 135 (After Taglietti): III. Adagio 01:17
• 21 Walther: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, LV 135 (After Taglietti): IV. Allegro 02:05
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 594 (After Vivaldi's RV 208):
• 22 Bach: Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 594 (After Vivaldi's RV 208): I. Allegro 06:23
• 23 Bach: Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 594 (After Vivaldi's RV 208): II. Recitativo. Adagio 02:26
• 24 Bach: Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 594 (After Vivaldi's RV 208): III. Allegro 07:36
• Total Runtime 01:13:17

Info for J.S. Bach & Walther: Concerto Transcriptions

This debut recording from Dónal McCann on the organ of New College Oxford, explores Bach’s relationship with the music of his German and Italian contemporaries.

Vivaldi’s first major collection of concertos, L’Estro armónico, took Europe by storm at the start of the 18th century, and this disc shows how Bach responded to this new and exotic Venetian voice. Bach’s professional and personal life was also entwined with his German contemporary, Johann Gottfried Walther, both men sharing an interest in transcription and moving in the professional worlds of Weimar court music.

By focusing on transcription, this disc offers a unique insight into both composers’ compositional practices by comparing their responses to Vivaldi. And it also asks fundamental questions about the creative nature of transcription itself: are they tools for education, performance opportunities, or the creative response of one composer to the works of another?

This is virtuoso repertoire rarely heard, and performed with dazzling skill by Dónal McCann, on the iconic organ of New College Oxford, whose resources and colours are ideally suited to this repertoire.

Dónal McCann, organ

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