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Pieter-Jan Belder|J.S. Bach: Miscellaneous Pieces for Harpsichord

J.S. Bach: Miscellaneous Pieces for Harpsichord

Pieter-Jan Belder

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Over a career spanning more than 30 years, the Dutch harpsichordist and conductor Pieter-Jan Belder has become renowned as a Bach interpreter with his surveys in concert and on record of the keyboard and orchestral masterpieces such as The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Brandenburg Concertos and no fewer than three recordings of the Goldberg Variations.

On this album, recorded in 2020 and 2021 on a modern Titus Crijnen copy of a Ruckers model, Pieter-Jan Belder turns to the overlooked corners of Bach’s early writing for the harpsichord. These include standalone fugues, fantasias and suites based on themes by contemporary composers such as Reincken and Albinoni. Nevertheless, there is no sense of routine or technical exercise about them. The pieces here are almost all extrovert, playing to the strengths of the young Bach as a performer as well as composer, and already demonstrating that confidence which would go on to mark his mature compositions. An appreciation of French flair is discernible in the F minor Suite, BWV 823 and elsewhere, but the dominant influence is the keyboard writing of Girolamo Frescobaldi, whose toccatas and canzonas were studied by Bach from an early age.

The better-known pieces here include the sober and songful Aria variata, BWV 989 with its courtly French theme, and the E-flat Prelude, Fugue and Allegro originally written for lute, but which also finds a happy home on the harpsichord. The most famous but also most uncharacteristic piece is the mysterious Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother which appears to be a work of Bach’s late teenage years, though no definite corroborative proof of its commission or purpose has yet come to light. Rather, it seems unique in Bach’s output as a humorous parody of styles and emotions. © Brilliant Classics

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1
Fantasie A Minor, BWV 922
00:07:22

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

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2
Ouverture in F Major, BWV 820: I. Ouverture
00:02:32

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

3
Ouverture in F Major, BWV 820: II. Entrée
00:02:01

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

4
Ouverture in F Major, BWV 820: III. Menuet 1&2
00:02:25

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

5
Ouverture in F Major, BWV 820: IV. Bourrée
00:01:00

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

6
Ouverture in F Major, BWV 820: V. Gigue
00:00:42

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

7
Sonata in D Major, BWV 963: I. Allegro
00:02:49

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

8
Sonata in D Major, BWV 963: II. Adagio
00:00:50

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

9
Sonata in D Major, BWV 963: III. Fuga
00:02:11

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

10
Sonata in D Major, BWV 963: IV. Adagio
00:00:44

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

11
Sonata in D Major, BWV 963: V. Thema all' imitatione Gallina Cucca
00:02:30

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

12
Fugue in D Minor, BWV 948
00:04:19

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

13
Suite in F Minor, BWV 823: I. Prélude
00:01:47

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

14
Suite in F Minor, BWV 823: II. Sarabande en Rondeau
00:03:22

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

15
Suite in F Minor, BWV 823: III. Gigue
00:01:54

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

16
Prelude and Fugue in B Minor on a Theme by Albinoni: I. Praeludium, BWV 923
00:03:30

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

17
Prelude and Fugue in B Minor on a Theme by Albinoni: II. Fuga, BWV 951
00:08:06

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

18
Praeludium et partita del tuono terza in F Major, BWV 833: I. Praeludium
00:01:25

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

19
Praeludium et partita del tuono terza in F Major, BWV 833: II. Allemande
00:02:49

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

20
Praeludium et partita del tuono terza in F Major, BWV 833: III. Courante
00:01:56

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

21
Praeludium et partita del tuono terza in F Major, BWV 833: IV. Sarabande & Double
00:01:55

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

22
Praeludium et partita del tuono terza in F Major, BWV 833: V. Air
00:01:25

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

23
Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 896: I. Praeludium
00:00:41

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

24
Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 896: II. Fuge
00:02:27

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

25
Capriccio in honorem Johann Christoph Bachii Ohrdruf in E Major, BWV 993
00:06:10

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

26
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: I. Arioso, ist eine Schmeichelung der Freunde, um denselben von seiner Reise Abzuhalten
00:01:55

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

27
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: II. Ist eine Vorstellung unterschiedlicher Casuum, die ihm in der Fremde könnten Vorfallen
00:01:40

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

28
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: III. Adagiosissimo Ist ein allgemeines Lamento der Freunde
00:03:08

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

29
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: IV. Allhier kommen die Freunde, weil sie doch sehen, dass es anders nicht sein kann, und nehmen Abschied
00:00:40

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

30
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: V. Allegro Poco, aria del Postiglione
00:01:00

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

31
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992: VI. Fuga all' imitatione della Posta
00:02:34

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

32
Suite in A Major, BWV 832: I. Allemande
00:02:44

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

33
Suite in A Major, BWV 832: II. Air pour les Trompettes
00:03:06

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

34
Suite in A Major, BWV 832: III. Sarabande
00:02:10

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

35
Suite in A Major, BWV 832: IV. Bourrée
00:00:55

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

36
Suite in A Major, BWV 832: V. Gigue
00:01:17

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

37
Fugue in C Major, BWV 946 after Albinoni
00:02:50

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

38
Fantasia and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 951a on a Theme by Albinoni: I. Fantasia
00:01:39

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

39
Fantasia and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 951a on a Theme by Albinoni: II. Fuga
00:05:52

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

40
Fugue in A Major, BWV 950 on a Theme by Albinoni
00:05:40

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

41
Praeludium in C Minor, BWV 921
00:02:58

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

42
Fantasie in C Minor, BWV 1121
00:03:05

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

43
Sonata in A Minor, BWV 967
00:03:28

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

44
Fantasie in G Minor 'in duobus subiectis', BWV 917
00:02:10

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

45
Fugue in A Minor, BWV 947
00:03:39

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

46
Canzona in D Minor, BWV 588
00:05:09

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

47
Fugue in A Major, BWV 949
00:04:11

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

48
Praeludium in E-Flat Major, BWV 815
00:01:41

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

49
Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 955 on a Theme by Erselius
00:05:20

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

50
Aria variata, BWV 989
00:15:50

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2022 Brilliant Classics 2022 Brilliant Classics

Album review

Over a career spanning more than 30 years, the Dutch harpsichordist and conductor Pieter-Jan Belder has become renowned as a Bach interpreter with his surveys in concert and on record of the keyboard and orchestral masterpieces such as The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Brandenburg Concertos and no fewer than three recordings of the Goldberg Variations.

On this album, recorded in 2020 and 2021 on a modern Titus Crijnen copy of a Ruckers model, Pieter-Jan Belder turns to the overlooked corners of Bach’s early writing for the harpsichord. These include standalone fugues, fantasias and suites based on themes by contemporary composers such as Reincken and Albinoni. Nevertheless, there is no sense of routine or technical exercise about them. The pieces here are almost all extrovert, playing to the strengths of the young Bach as a performer as well as composer, and already demonstrating that confidence which would go on to mark his mature compositions. An appreciation of French flair is discernible in the F minor Suite, BWV 823 and elsewhere, but the dominant influence is the keyboard writing of Girolamo Frescobaldi, whose toccatas and canzonas were studied by Bach from an early age.

The better-known pieces here include the sober and songful Aria variata, BWV 989 with its courtly French theme, and the E-flat Prelude, Fugue and Allegro originally written for lute, but which also finds a happy home on the harpsichord. The most famous but also most uncharacteristic piece is the mysterious Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother which appears to be a work of Bach’s late teenage years, though no definite corroborative proof of its commission or purpose has yet come to light. Rather, it seems unique in Bach’s output as a humorous parody of styles and emotions. © Brilliant Classics

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