Fuguecraft

DUX 1397/1398
• Fantasy No. 3 • Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 (1730)

Piotr Słopecki - one of the most interesting Polish pianists, he accustomed us to his outstanding interpretations of Bach’s music (The Goldberg Variations or the cycle Die Kunst der Fuge). The present album is a kind of phonographic opening of this versatile artist - pianist, organist, composer and arranger, who is familiar with jazz - to other worlds of the music he practices. This is a very discrete opening, as the album dedicated to three outstanding composers only seemingly differs from the atmosphere of Bach’s works. The amazing Partita in E minor BWV 830 - the first Bach’s composition published during his life - is accompanied by the Fantasia No. 3 by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, whose compositional technique was one of the inspirations for the works of the Master of the Fugue. Ludwig van Beethoven returns to the counterpoint technique in the Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106, which allows for discovery of this absolutely innovative work in the mainstream of the music directly referring to the output of the Cantor of Leipzig.

CD DUX 1397Total time: [39:07]

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Fantasy No. 3

1. III Fantazja | Fantasy No. 3

[8:25]

Johann Sebastian Bach

Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 (1730)

2. Toccata

[6:31]

3. Allemande

[2:42]

4. Corrente

[4:00]

5. Air

[1:43]

6. Sarabande

[8:01]

7. Tempo di Gavotta

[2:03]

8. Gigue

[5:41]

CD DUX 1398Total time: [48:31]

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" (1817–1818)

1. Allegro

[11:57]

2. Scherzo: Assai vivace

[2:34]

3. Adagio sostenuto

[22:15]

4. Introduzione: Largo – Fuga: Allegro risoluto

[11:45]

Performers:
Piotr Słopecki /piano/

Recommendations

Johann Sebastian Bach Dzieła Organowe. M.Stefański gra na organach w Leżajsku.

DUX 0173
• Preludium i fuga G-dur BWV 541 • Praeludium et fuga in BWV 546 • Preludium i fuga f-moll BWV 534 • Przygrywki chorałowe: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig BWV 618; Christe, du Lamm Gottes BWV 619; Christus, der uns selig macht BWV 620; Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund BWV 621; O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde groß BWV 622; Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 718; Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639; Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein BWV 641; Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727 • Ricercare a 6 voci (Das musikalisches Opfer) BWV 1079 • Phantasia G-Dur / Fantasia in G Major “Piece d’Orgue“, BWV 572 • Phantasia G-Dur BWV 572 • Fantazja c-moll BWV 562

RACHMANINOFF • PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS • SHEMCHUK, ANDRIUTI

DUX 1670
• Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006, piano transcription Sergei Rachmaninoff • Minuet from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1, piano transcription by Sergei Rachmaninoff • Love’s Sorrow, piano transcription by Sergei Rachmaninoff • Love’s Joy, piano transcription by Sergei Rachmaninoff • Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream suite, piano transcription by Sergei Rachmaninoff • Gopak from opera The fair at Sorochyntsi, piano transcription by Sergei Rachmaninoff • Flight of the Bumblebee from opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, piano transcription by Sergei Rachmaninoff • Where to? from The Beautiful Maid Of The Mill, Op. 25, D. 795, piano transcription by Sergei Rachmaninoff • Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1, piano transcription by Sergei Rachmaninoff • Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 • Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 • 6 Pieces for piano 4 hands, Op. 11

Organ Recital

DUX 0912
• Fantasia super „Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott“ BWV 651 • Fuga in G minor BWV 578 • Erbarm` dich mein, o Herre Gott BWV 721 • An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV 653b • Prelude and Fugue in C minor Op. 37 No. 1 • O Gott, du frommer Gott Op.122 No.7 • Choral-Improvisations Op.65 • Tu es Petrus • Elegy in F sharp minor Op.30 • Improvisations on the Polish sacred song “Holy God”, Op. 38 • Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor • Ave Maria von Arcadelt

BACH, BOCCHERINI, DEBUSSY, GRIEG • MUSICAL LANDSCAPES • CRACOW GUITAR QUARTET

DUX 1780
• Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048 (1721) /Based on the arrangement by Jeremy Sparks/ • Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D Major, G. 448 (1798) /Based on the arrangement by Jeremy Sparks/ • Reverie (1890) /Based on the arrangement by Jeremy Sparks/ • Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (1888) /Based on the arrangement by Jeremy Sparks/ • Peer Gynt, Suite No. 2, Op. 55* (1892) /Based on the arrangement by Jeremy Sparks/ • Night on Bald Mountain** (1867) (version by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, 1886) /Based on the arrangement by Brendan Lake/ • Baiao de Gude (1997) • Cuban Landscape with Rain (1984)

composers	Bach, Johann Sebastian ∎ , Beethoven, Ludwig van ∎ , Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon ∎
performers	Słopecki, Piotr ∎
Releases Year	2017