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The analogy of Baroque music, especially Bach with his intense focus on repeated motivic work, with the minimalists has been made before, and it is not entirely convincing. The resemblance is vivid enough on the surface but is ultimately superficial, for Bach was -- to borrow a word from Milton Babbitt -- a maximalist. What the concept needs is to be bulked up, so to speak, with works that are related both to Bach and the minimalists, and that is what the early music group La Tempète and conductor Simon-Pierre Bestion offer here, with Bach and John Adams' Shaker Loops at the poles. Shaker Loops, the Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052, and the Harpsichord Concerto, Op. 40, of Henryk Górecki, are broken up into individual movements (Bach's concerto is missing its slow movement, too). This is questionable, for Bestion's idea is strong enough to hold up without distorting the source material like this, but it does allow for startling juxtapositions like that of Bach's finale with the second movement of the Górecki. Elsewhere, there are neo-Bachian works by composer Knut Nystedt and the Litanies of Jehan Alain, arranged for harpsichord and orchestra. At times, the program seems close to going off the rails, but one is also left with the feeling that Bestion is on to something original. Stimulating, at the very least.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, MainArtist
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Composer - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, MainArtist - Copyright 1998 by PWM edition, Krakow, Poland, transferred 1997 to Chester Music Limited., MusicPublisher
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Knut Nystedt, Composer - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Norsk Musikforlag, MusicPublisher
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
John Adams, Composer - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Copyright 1978, 1983 by Associated Music Publishers (BMI), Inc. New York, NY., MusicPublisher
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Jehan ALAIN, Composer - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, MainArtist - Editions Leduc, MusicPublisher
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
John Adams, Composer - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Copyright 1978, 1983 by Associated Music Publishers (BMI), Inc. New York, NY., MusicPublisher
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, MainArtist
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Anonymous, Lyricist - Knut Nystedt, Composer - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Norsk Musikforlag, MusicPublisher
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, MainArtist
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Composer - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, MainArtist - Copyright 1998 by PWM edition, Krakow, Poland, transferred 1997 to Chester Music Limited., MusicPublisher
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
John Adams, Composer - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Copyright 1978, 1983 by Associated Music Publishers (BMI), Inc. New York, NY., MusicPublisher
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
John Adams, Composer - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist - Copyright 1978, 1983 by Associated Music Publishers (BMI), Inc. New York, NY., MusicPublisher
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Simon-Pierre Bestion, Conductor, MainArtist - La tempête, Ensemble, MainArtist
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Album review
The analogy of Baroque music, especially Bach with his intense focus on repeated motivic work, with the minimalists has been made before, and it is not entirely convincing. The resemblance is vivid enough on the surface but is ultimately superficial, for Bach was -- to borrow a word from Milton Babbitt -- a maximalist. What the concept needs is to be bulked up, so to speak, with works that are related both to Bach and the minimalists, and that is what the early music group La Tempète and conductor Simon-Pierre Bestion offer here, with Bach and John Adams' Shaker Loops at the poles. Shaker Loops, the Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052, and the Harpsichord Concerto, Op. 40, of Henryk Górecki, are broken up into individual movements (Bach's concerto is missing its slow movement, too). This is questionable, for Bestion's idea is strong enough to hold up without distorting the source material like this, but it does allow for startling juxtapositions like that of Bach's finale with the second movement of the Górecki. Elsewhere, there are neo-Bachian works by composer Knut Nystedt and the Litanies of Jehan Alain, arranged for harpsichord and orchestra. At times, the program seems close to going off the rails, but one is also left with the feeling that Bestion is on to something original. Stimulating, at the very least.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:52
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: La tempête Simon-Pierre Bestion
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical
2023 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2023 La Tempête & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
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