Artist: Andreas Staier
Title: Méditation
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Alpha Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality:  flac 24bits - 96.0kHz  +Booklet
Total Time: 01:06:56
Total Size:  1.33 gb

Tracklist

01. Ariadne Musica: No. 8, Prelude & Fugue in E Major
02. Gradus ad Parnassum: Fugue
03. Ariadne Musica: No. 2, Prelude & Fugue in C-Sharp Minor
04. Pavane in F Sharp Minor
05. Ariadne Musica: No. 4, Prelude & Fugue in D Major
06. Ricercar IV
07. Ariadne Musica: No. 16, Prelude & Fugue in A Major
08. Méditation sur ma mort future in D Major
09. Fantasia II in A Minor, FbWV 202
10. Anklänge. Six Pieces for Harpsichord: I. Tempo flessibile
11. Anklänge. Six Pieces for Harpsichord: II. Largo
12. Anklänge. Six Pieces for Harpsichord: III. Con forza
13. Anklänge. Six Pieces for Harpsichord: IV. Un poco più lento del Preludio BWV 878/1
14. Anklänge. Six Pieces for Harpsichord: V. Sempre legatissimo
15. Anklänge. Six Pieces for Harpsichord: VI. Esitando
16. Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878: I. Praeludium
17. Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878: II. Fuga

Andreas Staier’s informed and inspired interpretations have left their mark on the discography of both the harpsichord and the fortepiano and have enabled us to see Bach, Mozart and Schubert in a completely new light. This is Staier’s first solo album of a projected series for Alpha Classics, in which he also presents his own compositions for the first time. “Two motifs connect the works in this recording: the first is a ancient cantus firmus, a melody in long notes [...] the second is the interval sequence of octave, fifth, sixth, and third. [...] Anklänge , my six pieces for harpsichord, grew out of several conversations I had with the composer Brice Pauset about what it means to compose in our time, and in particular what it implies to compose for historical instruments. This led me to ask myself how I could express and capture my own conception of music in notes, marked as it is not only by Byrd, Bach and Schubert, but also by the music of the 20th and 21st centuries."