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Bach por Flamenco

Miriam Méndez

Composer
J.S. Bach
Released
2005
Label
Factoría Autor
Forces
Piano
Personnel
Miriam Méndez piano

Méndez assigns different flamenco forms to individual Bach pieces, including rumba, tango, soleá, caña and siguiriya.

That makes the album a study in rhythmic character as much as arrangement, with adjacent WTC preludes deliberately sent into quite different flamenco worlds.

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The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.

The originalsJ.S. Bach · classical source works

Track 4 combines Bach’s Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, and “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” from Cantata BWV 147, so the classical player includes one recording of each. The other seven tracks have one recording apiece.

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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. Concierto En Sol M, 1er Mov. (Bulería)Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058, I. Allegro
  2. Introducción (Bulería) - Preludio Nº2 En Do M De “El Clave Bien Temperado” Libro 1 (Rumba)The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847
  3. Fuga Nº2 En Do M De “El Clave Bien Temperado” Libro 1 (Tango)The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847
  4. Preludio Nº1 En Do M De “El Clave Bien Temperado” Libro 1 Extracto Coral 147 (Nana - Sevillanas)The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846; chorale “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” from Cantata BWV 147
  5. Preludio Nº20 En La M De “El Clave Bien Temperado” Libro 1 (La Alboreá)The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865
  6. Preluidio Nº20 En La M De “El Clave Bien Temperado” Libro 2 (Caña - Siguirillas)The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889
  7. Preludio Nº14 De “El Clave Bien Temperado” Libro 1 (Fiesta Por Bulería)The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859
  8. Preludio Nº8 De “El Clave Bien Temperado” Libro 2 (Soleá - Soledad)The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877