Luisa Imorde – Bach & Kapustin: Moon Rainbow (2020) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Pianist Luisa Imorde loves innovative combinations: following on from circus dances by Schumann and Widmann and the affair of honour between Woelfl and Beethoven, she now prepares to cast light on Johann Sebastian Bach and Nikolai Kapustin. This is an album whose spectrum ranges from Baroque counterpoint through to polyrhythmic jazz sounds.

They could hardly be further apart: Bach and Kapustin lived 250 years apart and on two different continents. One is the indisputable supremo of European classical music, the other a Ukrainian composer known only to a few aficionados in central Europe, someone who transforms musical jazz sequences into formal, classical structures. On Moon Rainbow they alternate. “There is no established listening convention for this. The result is a foundation of literally unheard sounds, which makes it possible to hear anew – so to speak – a familiar old piece by Bach in this new context,” explains Imorde. Nikolai Kapustin is hardly a household name, even in Europe. Born in 1937 in Horlivka in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the composer and pianist began pouring improvisatory ideas into forms that were well known in the Baroque era. What he wrote sounded like virtuoso jazz, yet every single note, every accent and all the dynamics are clearly defined. Preludes, Fugues, Inventions – even at this level, everything ultimately leads to Bach. And what Luisa Imorde says of Kapustin can also be related to Bach: “I can’t remember when I played music that was more intelligently and humorously constructed. It is incredibly interlocked and so rhythmically multi-layered that I sometimes feel as if I need to split my head from my hands in order to follow every line, every voice.”

Tracklist:

01. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 after Marcello: I. Andante
02. 24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53: IV. Allegretto
03. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 after Marcello: II. Adagio
04. 24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53: V. Largo
05. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 after Marcello: III. Presto
06. 8 Concert Studies, Op. 40: VI. Pastoral. Allegro moderato
07. Pastorale in F Major, BWV 590: III. Andante cantabile (Arr. for Piano)
08. 8 Concert Studies, Op. 40: III. Toccatina. Allegro
09. Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914
10. 24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53: IX. Lento
11. Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp Major, BWV 872
12. 24 Preludes and Fugues in B-Flat Minor, Op. 82: XXII. Allegretto. Grave
13. Prelude and Fugue in B Major, BWV 892
14. 10 Inventions, Op. 73: IX. Lento
15. Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777
16. Sonatina, Op. 100
17. Concerto in D Major, BWV 972 after Vivaldi: I. Allegro
18. Moon Rainbow, Op. 161
19. Concerto in D Major, BWV 972 after Vivaldi: II. Larghetto
20. Contemplation, Op. 47
21. Concerto in D Major, BWV 972 after Vivaldi: III. Allegro
22. 24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53: XXIII. Moderato

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