Jacques Loussier. Play Bach 2000

Format: CD
Label: KazRecords
Quality: Flac + Tracks + Scans
Recording Date: 1995
Size: 210 + 233 MB + 308 кБ

It was back in 1959 that the classically trained Loussier formed his Play Bach trio with bass player Pierre Michelot and drummer Christian Garros. The trio concentrated on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, remaining close to the music as written but adding pulsating and tasteful jazz rhythms to good effect; Loussier sold over six million copies of his albums before retiring to live in Provence in 1980. This two-CD set is by his new trio (Vincent Charbonnier on bass with drummer Andre Arpino) but the all-Bach programme is retained. Frankly there's not a lot of jazz here in terms of improvisation and I think I could have lived without the Allegro section of the Brandenburg Concerto becoming a showcase for Arpino. Everything is beautifully played and Loussier is certainly a fine keyboard technician with a beautiful gradation of touch, but some may wonder why such an obviously talented musician has decided to recycle his work of more than three decades ago. Nostalgia buffs may even detect a whiff of Hamlet cigars when listening to the Aria from Bach's Suite in D. — AM, gramophone.net

JACQUES LOUSSIER — piano
VINCENT CHARBONNIER — bass
ANDRE ARPINO — drums

101. Aria 3:36
102. Prelude 1 In C Minor 4:52
103. Italian Concerto Allegro 4:57
104. Italian Concerto Andante 5:27 105. Italian Concerto Presto 3:03
106. Prelude 2 In C Minor 6:38
107. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor 10:51
108. Gavotte 3:49
109. Chorale 3:01

201. Pastorale in do minore 6:46
202. Toccata e fuga in C — Ouverture 6:51
203. Toccata e fuga in C — Adagio 3:38
204. Toccata e fuga in C — Fuga 5:24
205. Corale Jesus que ma joie demeure 4:37
206. Concerto Bandeburghese n.5 in D — Allegro 10:39
207. Concerto Bandeburghese n.5 in D — Affettuoso 5:55
208. Concerto Bandeburghese n.5 in D — Allegro finale 9:06

PS
Согласен с AM, что возвращение к теме в новом составе не стало откровением в интерпретации произведений Баха прославленным исполнителем. Но, возможно, для кого-то Play Bach 2000 станет открытием и началом новой Музыкальной Истории. А что до сетований автора Gramophone на нехватку джазовой импровизации в очередной работе Loussier, то, слава богу, это заслуга мастера, понимающего в отличие от АМ вселенские глубины музыки Баха.