Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue / Aria Variata / French Overture
10/24/2007, 25 Tracks, 1:09:36
Featuring
Jenő Jandó
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Performer Biography
Jeno Jandó has recorded extensively for Naxos, including all of Mozart's Piano Concertos and Sonatas, as well as works by Grieg, Schumann, Rachmaninov, and Beethoven.
Composition History
Bach composed music suited to his various appointments, including organ music, instrumental music for court orchestras, cantatas for church, and pedagogical works for harpsichord or clavichord.
Composer Biography
Bach's career included roles as court musician at Weimar, organist at Arnstadt and Mühlhausen, Kapellmeister at Anhalt-Cöthen, and Cantor at the School of St Thomas in Leipzig.
Composer Biography
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685 and was largely educated by his eldest brother after his parents' early deaths.
Performer Biography
Jeno Jandó, the Hungarian pianist on this recording, has won several piano competitions, including first prize in the 1973 Hungarian Piano Concours.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bach's music represents a magnificent synthesis of Italian melodic invention, French rhythmic dance forms, and German contrapuntal mastery, culminating the Baroque era.
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