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J.S. Bach

Title: Johann, Im Only Dancing - Red Priest

Label: Red Priest

Cat No:RP007
Format:CD

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Few would argue with the assertion that Johann Sebastian Bach was the greatest musical genius of his time. Whereas other composers from the baroque era tended to work within the national fashions of their day, he succeeded in blending and transcending all styles to create music that seems genuinelytimeless. It is perhaps for this reason that most musicians nowadays, however freely they may approach the music of ‘lesser’ composers, have strong opinions, rigorously defended, about how Bach should be played.

With this CD we have attempted to strike a balance between the commercialism of ‘pop-Bach’ and the austerity of ‘authentic’ Bach to create a new sort of ‘rock-chamber-Bach’. We have drawn repertoire from many different sources along the way, and the prime goal in our choice of pieces has been to highlightBach’s sublime ear for melody and harmony, and the infectious dance spirit which pervades so much of his work – and which inspired our light-hearted title (stolen from a classic David Bowie hit!)

RED PRIEST is the only early music group in the world to have been compared in the press to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones and the Cirque du Soleil.

This extraordinary acoustic foursome has been described by music critics as ‘visionary and heretical’, ‘outrageous yet compulsive’, ‘wholly irreverent and highly enlightened’, ‘completely wild and deeply imaginative’, with a ‘red-hot wicked sense of humour’ and a ‘break-all-rules, rock-chamber concert approach to early music.’

Founded in 1997, and named after the flamehaired priest, Antonio Vivaldi, Red Priest has given several hundred concerts in many of the world’s most prestigious festivals, including the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Moscow December Nights Festival, Schwetzingen Festival, Prague Spring Festival, Bermuda Festival, and in most European countries, Japan, Australia, and throughout North and Central America. The group has been the subject of hour-long TV profiles for NHK (Japan) and ITV (UK) – the latter for the prestigious South Bank Show in 2005, which documented the launch of the Red Hot Baroque Show, an electrifying m

Track Listing for Johann, Im Only Dancing - Red Priest
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
1. Preludio (from Partita in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006) 3:35
2. Andante (from Flute Sonata in E minor BWV 1034) 4:38
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565)

3. Toccata 1:59
4. Fugue 4:25
5. Prelude in D major (from Suite no.6 for Cello BWV 1012) 3:48
6. Largo e Dolce (from Flute Sonata in A major, BWV 1032) 3:34
7. Prelude in G minor for Harpsichord (BWV 885) 1:55

Prelude and Fugue in C minor (BWV 847)
8. Prelude 2:03
9. Fugue 2:28
10. Allegro (from Flute Sonata in C major, BWV 1033) 2:05

Sonata in A minor (from Oboe Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020)
11. Allegro 3:08
12. Adagio 3:47
13. Allegro 2:11
14. Arioso (from Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056) 2:56
15. Bourrée (from English Suite no. 3 in A minor, BWV 807 2:04
16. Sarabande (from English Suite no. 3 in A minor, BWV 807) 3:08
17. Introduction and Gigue (from Toccata in D major, BWV 912) 2:55
18. Minuet (from Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067) 1:25
19. Badinerie (from Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067) 1:13
20. Largo (from Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins, BWV 1043) 6:13

Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major (BWV 1048)
21. Allegro 4:44
22. Cadenza 2:02
23. Presto 2:37

Total Programme Length: 69:04

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