J. S. Bach & Beyond: A Well-Tempered Conversation

J. S. Bach & Beyond: A Well-Tempered Conversation

Julien Libeer · Adam Laloum

2022

Pour fêter le 300e anniversaire de la parution du premier livre du Clavier bien tempéré de J.S. Bach, le pianiste belge Julien Libeer confronte cette pièce fondatrice du répertoire pianistique occidental aux grands compositeurs qui lui ont succédé. Ce dialogue astucieux entre les époques juxtapose ainsi les préludes et fugues en majeur de Bach avec des œuvres — écrites dans les tonalités mineures correspondantes — de Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Ligeti ou Schoenberg. Dans ce jeu de miroirs, les parallélismes entre Bach et un canon de Reger, ou Le Tombeau de Couperin de Ravel, sont des plus frappants, l’ensemble dévoilant avec verve la profonde influence stylistique du Cantor de Leipzig sur ses successeurs.

Prelude in C Major, BWV 846

1:59

Fugue in C Major, BWV 846

1:51

Bagatelle, WoO 52 "Presto"

4:29

Prelude in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848

1:13

Fugue in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848

2:25

No. 3, Moderato in C-Sharp Minor

5:07

Prelude in D Major, BWV 850

1:12

Fugue in D Major, BWV 850

1:54

No. 3, Tempo di minuetto in D Minor

3:41

Prelude in E-Flat Major, BWV 852

3:31

Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 852

1:38

No. 6, Prelude in E-Flat Minor

2:08

Prelude in E Major, BWV 854

1:20

Fugue in E Major, BWV 854

1:05

I. Prélude in E Minor. Vif

3:17

Prelude in F Major, BWV 856

1:01

Fugue in F Major, BWV 856

1:18

Fantasia in F Minor for a Mechanical Organ, K. 608 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Ferruccio Busoni)

Adam Laloum · Julien Libeer

9:27

Prelude in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858

1:34

Fugue in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858

1:49

No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor. Capriccio. Un poco agitato

3:35

Prelude in G Major, BWV 860

0:49

Fugue in G Major, BWV 860

2:31

No. 22, Prelude in G Minor

2:17

Prelude in A-Flat Major, BWV 862

1:19

Fugue in A-Flat Major, BWV 862

2:15

No. 12, Andantino in G-Sharp Minor

2:27

Prelude in A Major, BWV 864

1:11

Fugue in A Major, BWV 864

2:07

I. Sostenuto

2:29

Prelude in B-Flat Major, BWV 866

1:17

Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 866

1:44

Two-Part Canon in B-Flat Minor, No. 19

1:35

Prelude in B Major, BWV 868

1:08

Fugue in B Major, BWV 868

1:57

Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19

5:47

Prelude in C Major, BWV 846 [II]

2:16

Julien Libeer

Piano
Adam Laloum

Piano
Jean-Sébastien Bach

Composition
Ludwig van Beethoven

Composition
Frédéric Chopin

Composition

Aline Blondiau

Production
Michel Brandjes

Accordage de piano
Aline Blondiau

Ingénierie de prise de son, Ingénierie de montage
Christian Maene

Conception d’instruments
Jorre Janssens

Photographie
Michel Brandjes

Équipe technique des pianos