Bach & Beyond - Gabriela Montero
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Composer: Johann Sebastian BachComposer: Gabriela Montero
Composer: Unspecified
Performer: Gabriela Montero
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-09-12
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- J. S. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from " Herz und Mund und Tar und Leben" BWV 147
- J. S. Bach: Presto from Italian Concerto
- Montero: Beyond Bach
- J. S. Bach: Air in G - Orchestral Suite #3 BWV 1068
- J. S. Bach: Aria from Goldberg Variations BWV 988
- J. S. Bach: Adagio from Violin Concerto No. 2 in E BWV 1042
- J. S. Bach: Prelude in C BWV 846 from Well Tempered Clavier Book 1
- J. S. Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze from Hunt Cantata BWV 208
- J. S. Bach: Two-Part Invention in D Minor BWV 775
- J. S. Bach: Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV 1048
- J. S. Bach: Adagio from Keyboard Concerto in D Minor BWV 974
- J. S. Bach: Tocatta in D Minor BWV 565
Free Music Notes for Bach & Beyond - Gabriela Montero
Free Music Review: Back to Bach, Please.
Hit: 4 Stars
I wasn't as over-joyed with this CD as I expected to be. I bought it after hearing the title track on FM radio. The title track is, indeed, a jewel; the rest is, in my view, only high-grade "background" music.The pianist is a marvel (and a beauty, too!) - her popularity is easily understandable. She possesses a remarkable gift for transposing and transcribing classic keyboard to "swing" keyboard. Many Bach purists (this one, for example) don't appreciate that, even though we have to admit that a lot of Bach swings, anyway, without transcribing. Lsten to tracks 3 and 4 and you will get your money's worth - they're worth the price.
Bach & Beyond - Gabriela Montero Poster
Taking as her base 12 works of Bach, Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero proceeds to play variations on each. The works are familiar and most Classical fans will recognize their melodies instantly. But Montero, who is closer to a jazz improvisationalist than a classical pianist merely embellishing, alters rhythm as well as melody, and the results are invariably both surprising and delightful. The Presto from the Italian Concerto is positively wacky, but "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" sticks to the piece's mood with truth and originality. Montero plays "beyond" Bach with good taste and respect, and always with intense musicality. The results may seem improvised, but I doubt they are---they seem to well worked through---but that is more of a plus than a minus. You'll revel in hearing old favorites "interpreted" and find some unexpected pleasures here. --Robert LevineClassical Music CDs
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