in Choir & Organ (Sep, 2015)
While not altogether persuaded by the booklet essay’s strained assertion of kinship between Bach and Philip Glass, I’m more than convinced by the idiomatically stylish playing of young Latvian rising star Iveta Apkalna. The Bach is vividly realised on Himmerod Abbey’s IV/79 Klais, instrument and soloist relishing the rich, sinewy sonorities of three Preludes & Fugues (BWV 531, 541 and 552), the flexing muscularity of the D minor Toccata & Fugue and airy poetics of the BWV 590 Pastorale. Especially appealing is the Glass disc – only the second complete offering currently available alongside Donald Joyce’s 1993 survey on Catalyst. Apkalna balances the driven, drunken rhythms and harmonies caught in shimmering …
Bach, Johann Sebastian / Glass, Philipp: Bach Meets Glass
Toccata und Fuge d-moll BWV 565
Pastorale (Pastorella) F-Dur BWV 590
Präludium und Fuge Es-Dur BWV 552 (Tripelfuge für Orgel) (aus Clavierübung III)
Praeludium
Fuge
Passacaglia und Fuge c-moll BWV 582
Präludium und Fuge G-Dur BWV 541
Praeludium
Fuge
Präludium und Fuge D-Dur BWV 532
Praeludium
Fuge
Fantasie G-Dur BWV 572 (Pièce d’Orgue)
Dance Nr. 4 (für Orgel) (1979)
Mad Rush (19/))
Music in contrary motion (1969)
Satyagraha (Oper in 3 Akten) (1980) (Auszug)
Conclusion (3. Akt) (arr. von Michael Riesman)
Dance Nr. 2 (für Orgel) (1979)
Apkalna, Iveta
30,90€
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