FOUR CENTURIES OF J.S. BACH
Louis Nagel
"Mr. Nagel's interpretation of the Bach shows not only his fine command of the piano, but his constant searching for the true expressive possibilities of this music. His abilities as a pedagogue, as a performer and as a scholar are all synthesized to produce a very convincing result." – Murray Perahia
No, Johann Sebastian Bach did not live for four hundred years! But he occupies a pivotal position in the history of keyboard music. The works on this unusual CD span four centuries, exploring the influence on Mendelssohn, Hindemith and Shostakovich. Although some of these pieces were originally composed for the harpsichord, all of the works on this disc are performed on the modern concert grand by Louis Nagel.
| TRACKS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tocatta (Girolamo Frescobaldi) | 4:06 | |
| 2 | Toccata in D Major (Johann Sebastian Bach) | 12:24 | |
| 3 | Prelude and Fugue in F Major (Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer) | 0:54 | |
| 4 | Prelude and Fugue in F Major (J.S. Bach) | 2:01 | |
| 5 | Prelude and Fugue in E Major (Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer) | 1:59 | |
| 6 | Prelude and Fugue in E Major (J.S. Bach) | 8:54 | |
| 7 | Prelude and Fugue in C Major (J.S. Bach) | 5:14 | |
| 8 | Prelude and Fugue in E Minor (Felix Mendelssohn) | 9:37 | |
| 9 | Fuga Tertia in F (from the Ludus Tonalis) (Paul Hindemith) | 2:17 | |
| 10 | Prelude and Fugue in D Minor (Dmitri Shostakovich) | 12:50 | |
| Total Playing Time | 60:16 | ||
