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Johann Sebastian Bach - 27 - Goldberg Variations, BWV. 988 - Variation 26

Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed by Dmitry Sitkovetsky: The "Goldberg" Variations, BWV 988

Britten Sinfonia directed by Thomas Gould, violin

Recorded live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, 2010.

Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed by Dmitry Sitkovetsky: The "Goldberg" Variations, BWV 988

Pianist John Bitoy performs an excerpt of Johann Sebastian Bach’s "The Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857, published in 1722.

František Kupka looked to the fugue, a musical structure characterized by interweaving and repeating a primary theme and one or more contrasting themes, as inspiration for "Disks of Newton (Study for “Fugue in Two Colors”)." Through the work’s subtitle, Kupka subtly points to eighteenth-century Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, who developed the malleable fugue form through his two "Well-Tempered Clavier" books of compositions.

About the Performer
John Bitoy is an Afro-Dominican pianist and composer originally from Chicago, where he enjoys a multi-faceted career as a soloist and collaborative pianist. His recent solo engagements include performances of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the South Loop Symphony and Symphony of Oak Park. He has performed in esteemed halls such as the Eastman Theatre, Chicago Symphony Center, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millenium Park, Perelman Theater, Edward Pickman Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, The American Repertory Theater, Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, and the Copernicus Center. 

John is a passionate advocate for new music in performance spaces. Past projects include the recording and world premiere of several pieces from Steve Wallace’s Solo piano and chamber compositions in 2020, followed by his opera in 2021. As an avid chamber musician, John has been invited to play at the Gateways Music Festival, The Boston Celebrity Series, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, The Bienen School of Music, the Philarmonic Society of Orange County, the American Repertory Theater, Caramoor, The Bold Tendencies festival, and has performed works by Marcus Norris, Tyshawn Sorey, Davóne Tines, Ahmed Alabaca, and Brian Raphael Nabors. 

Mr. Bitoy enjoys playing standard repertoire, yet he is simultaneously devoted to shedding light on the new music of composers of the African Diaspora. In addition to taking pleasure in his classical engagements, John is well versed in other genres. He was invited to perform with Sigur Ros during their 2019 United States Tour of "Riceboy Sleeps," and has been a featured artist at the Jazz Showcase and Andy’s Jazz Club.

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"The Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, published in 1722.

La Vie Est Belle

Bolero, M. 81 (From "10")

Album release: February 2017

The violinist Chiara Zanisi works with the finest early music ensembles, notably the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra under Ton Koopman, with whom she has just finished a long tour performing the Six Brandenburg Concertos. She now devotes her first solo recording to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Sonatas for Harpsichord and Violin. Alongside her is Giulia Nuti, among the most brilliant harpsichordists and scholars in Italy, whose solo CD Les Sauvages: Harpsichords in pre-Revolutionary Paris (DHM) won a Diapason d’Or, among other awards. The kernel from which this project grew is their strongly shared idea that, in addition to great stylistic richness and invention, Bach’s music possesses an aura of magic and an almost divine form. Thus, in this valuable and elegant reading, it is clearly their intention to underline in the simplest way the grandeur of the writing. Even the choice of sound aesthetic, beautifully realised under the supervision of Fabio Framba, opts for the ‘real’ with a ‘pure’, ‘speaking’ sound, warm and full of harmonics. The attractions of this precious version of the Six Sonatas, played on a G. Gagliano violin of 1761 and a harpsichord by K. Hill, are enhanced by a bonus track: the Cantabile, un poco Adagio from the early version of Sonata VI in G major.

Sortie en février 2017

La violoniste Chiara Zanisi travaille avec les principaux ensemble de musique de chambre, et notamment l’Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra de Ton Koopman, avec lequel elle vient d’achever une longue tournée avec les six Concertos brandebourgeois. Elle consacre aujourd’hui son premier enregistrement solo aux six sonates pour clavecin et violon de Johann Sebastian Bach. À ses côtés, Giulia Nuti, l’une des clavecinistes et chercheuses italiennes les plus brillantes, dont le CD Les Sauvages: Harpsichords in pre-Revolutionary Paris (DHM) a notamment remporté un Diapason d’or. Leur projet s’est développé à partir de l’idée largement admise que, outre une richesse stylistique et une invention importantes, la musique de Bach possède une aura magique et une forme presque divine. Leur intention est de souligner de la manière la plus simple, par leur lecture précise et élégante, la grandeur de l’écriture. Même le choix de l’esthétique sonore, magnifiquement réalisée sous la supervision de Fabio Framba, opte pour le « réel », avec un son « pur », « parlant », chaud et plein d’harmoniques. Les attraits de cette précieuse version des Six Sonates, jouées sur un violon de G. Gagliano (1761) et un clavecin de K. Hill, sont encore renforcés par la présence d’une plage supplémentaire : le Cantabile, un poco Adagio de la première version de la Sonate VI en sol majeur.

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Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata No. 1 for solo violin in G minor, BWV 1001 - II. Fuga

I still remember being ten or eleven years old and listening to this one in a student recital in the conservatory. Great times!

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