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It's a bit hard to ascertain what has propelled French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard to popularity that extends beyond usual classical spheres. He specializes in precisely the kind of High Modernist music that generally discourages crossover audiences. In earlier music he is an odd combination of precise and mercurial, and perhaps that's what people like about him. Bach's 24 preludes and fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869, are a very diverse palette. It's a pianistic interpretation, with each prelude and fugue pair matched generally as to mood, but with subtle variation in the relationships across the set. The opening C major prelude is heavily pedaled and almost impressionistic, but after that Aimard backs off and begins to take a sinewy contrapuntal approach that emphasizes the little dissonances that are so much a part of the experience of playing Bach or listening to him closely. Whether or not the whole thing holds together is a matter of the individual listener's opinion, but it's not boring, and Aimard is aided by fine studio sound from Deutsche Grammophon that captures all the shades of what he is doing. Ultimately, Aimard's unexpected popularity may be all to the good.
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The Well-Tempered Clavier: Book I, BWV 846-869 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in C Major (WTK, Book I, No. 1), BWV 846 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude & Fugue in C Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 2), BWV 847 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 2), BWV 847 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Major (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book I, No. 3, BWV 846-869), BWV 848 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 4), BWV849 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 4), BWV 849 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in D Major (WTK, Book I, No. 5), BWV 850 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude & Fugue in D Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 6), BWV 851 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in D Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 6), BWV 851 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in E Flat Major (WTK, Book I, No. 7), BWV 852 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in E Flat Minor / D Sharp Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 8), BWV 853 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude & Fugue in E Major (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 9), BWV 854 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in E Major (WTK, Book I, No. 9), BWV 854 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in E Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 10), BWV 855 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in F Major (WTK, Book I, No. 11), BWV 856 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in F Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 12), BWV 857 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in F Sharp Major (WTK, Book I, No. 13), BWV 858 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in F Sharp Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 14), BWV 859 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in G Major (WTK, Book I, No. 15), BWV 860 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in G Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 16), BWV 861 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in A Flat Major (WTK, Book I, No. 17), BWV 862 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in G Sharp Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 18), BWV 863 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude & Fugue in A Major (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 19), BWV 864 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in A Major (WTK, Book I, No. 19), BWV 864 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in A Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 20), BWV 865 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Major (WTK, Book I, No. 21), BWV 866 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 22), BWV 867 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in B Major (WTK, Book I, No. 23), BWV 868 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in B Minor (WTK, Book I, No. 24), BWV 869 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prelude and Fugue in B minor (WTK, Book I, No. 24), BWV 869 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Claßen, Producer
℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
It's a bit hard to ascertain what has propelled French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard to popularity that extends beyond usual classical spheres. He specializes in precisely the kind of High Modernist music that generally discourages crossover audiences. In earlier music he is an odd combination of precise and mercurial, and perhaps that's what people like about him. Bach's 24 preludes and fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869, are a very diverse palette. It's a pianistic interpretation, with each prelude and fugue pair matched generally as to mood, but with subtle variation in the relationships across the set. The opening C major prelude is heavily pedaled and almost impressionistic, but after that Aimard backs off and begins to take a sinewy contrapuntal approach that emphasizes the little dissonances that are so much a part of the experience of playing Bach or listening to him closely. Whether or not the whole thing holds together is a matter of the individual listener's opinion, but it's not boring, and Aimard is aided by fine studio sound from Deutsche Grammophon that captures all the shades of what he is doing. Ultimately, Aimard's unexpected popularity may be all to the good.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 48 track(s)
- Total length: 01:52:05
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Pierre-Laurent Aimard
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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