Jacques Loussier – Play Bach No.1
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Piano - Jacques Loussier
Bass - Christian Garros
Drums - Pierre Michelot
Arranged by Jacques Loussier
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
1LP, standard sleeve
Original Master Tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Speakers Corner
Original Label : Decca
Recorded in 1960
Photography by A. Gardé
Originally released in 1962
Reissued in 2000
Tracks :
Side A:
1. Prelude N 1 En Ut Majeur
2. Fugue N 1 En Ut Majeur
3. Prelude N 2 En Ut Mineur
4. Fugue N 2 En Ut Mineur
Side B:
1. Toccata & Fugue En Re Mineur
2. Prelude N 8 En Re Diese Mineur
3. Prelude N 5 En Re Majeur
4. Fugue N 5 En Re Majeur
Reviews :
As long as 40 years ago, at a time when Pop and Classical music were strictly separated from one another, Jacques Loussier’s “Swinging Bach” thrilled both friends of Baroque music and jazz lovers alike. Other musicians have tried, and are still trying, to jump on this modern “Bach band wagon” – but not one of them has achieved anything like the international success of the French trio.
“Play Bach” is to be taken at its word. If Prelude, Fugue or Toccata is on the label – then that’s what one gets: the melodies and the harmonic structure of Johann Sebastian’s original works are largely left untouched – you always know where counterpoint stops and groove sets in. Just as in Bach’s day the keyboard is at the fore, but the double bass also has a good share of the polyphony, and the finely nuanced percussion swings along as though it has no cares in the world and adds its own sparks of fire to pearl-like scale passages.
What better way to bring the Bach Year to an end than with the re-release of the first Loussier album? The first of Bach’s 48 Preludes and Fugues shows how it began – just as they show how Jacques Loussier began.
Rating :
Discogs : 4.54 / 5