Mehldau, Brad / After Bach
| Album: | After Bach | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Mehldau, Brad | Added: | Apr 2018 | |
| Label: | Nonesuch Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2018-04-29 | Pull Date: | 2018-07-01 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
|---|
| Week Ending: | Jun 24 | May 27 | May 6 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 23, 2018: | Music Casserole
After Bach: Ostinato |
3. | May 05, 2018: | Old Fart at Play
After Bach: Ostinato |
|
| 2. | May 24, 2018: | Sound Landscapes
Before Bach: Benediction |
4. | May 03, 2018: | Sound Landscapes
After Bach: Pastorale |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-04-28
Reviewed 2018-04-28
Reviewed: 2018-04-27
Genre: Classical (X)
FCCs: none
Review: superb solo piano pieces, half composed by Bach and half take-offs improvised by Mehldau. I can’t do justice to the compositions in the track review. Check the liner notes
If You Like: Glenn Gould, John Elliot Gardiner, McCoy Tyner, Oscar Peterson
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Before Bach: Benediction (5:25) – slow start swings to midtempo swings to uptempo, then slows to fade
* 2/ Prelude No. 3 in C# Major from The Well- Tempered Clavier Book 1, BMV 848 (1:21) – fast> quick stop
*3/ After Bach: Rondo (8:21) – fast> false stop> fast> quick stop
4/ Prelude No. 1 in C Major from The Well- Tempered Clavier Book 2, BMV 870 (2:37) – midtempo> fade
5/ After Bach: Pastorale (3:46) – midtempo> quick stop
*6/ Prelude No. 10 in E Minor from The Well- Tempered Clavier Book 1, BMV 855 (2:16) – midtempo> quick stop
7/ After Bach: Flux (5:06) – uptempo> quick stop
*8/ Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F Minor from The Well- Tempered Clavier Book 1, BMV 857 (6:10) – slow> false stop> slow swings to uptempo> quick stop
*9/ After Bach: Dream (7:50) – slow builds to midtempo> swings to uptempo> quick stop
*10/ Fugue No. 16 in G Minor from The Well- Tempered Clavier Book 2, BMV 885 (3:04) – slow start swings to uptempo> quick stop
**11/ After Bach: Ostinato (12:20) – slow start builds to midtempo> builds in volume & intensity> swings to fast tempo & slows to fade
12/ Prayer For Healing (11:06) – slow start builds to midtempo & slows to fade
Genre: Classical (X)
FCCs: none
Review: superb solo piano pieces, half composed by Bach and half take-offs improvised by Mehldau. I can’t do justice to the compositions in the track review. Check the liner notes
If You Like: Glenn Gould, John Elliot Gardiner, McCoy Tyner, Oscar Peterson
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Before Bach: Benediction (5:25) – slow start swings to midtempo swings to uptempo, then slows to fade
* 2/ Prelude No. 3 in C# Major from The Well- Tempered Clavier Book 1, BMV 848 (1:21) – fast> quick stop
*3/ After Bach: Rondo (8:21) – fast> false stop> fast> quick stop
4/ Prelude No. 1 in C Major from The Well- Tempered Clavier Book 2, BMV 870 (2:37) – midtempo> fade
5/ After Bach: Pastorale (3:46) – midtempo> quick stop
*6/ Prelude No. 10 in E Minor from The Well- Tempered Clavier Book 1, BMV 855 (2:16) – midtempo> quick stop
7/ After Bach: Flux (5:06) – uptempo> quick stop
*8/ Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F Minor from The Well- Tempered Clavier Book 1, BMV 857 (6:10) – slow> false stop> slow swings to uptempo> quick stop
*9/ After Bach: Dream (7:50) – slow builds to midtempo> swings to uptempo> quick stop
*10/ Fugue No. 16 in G Minor from The Well- Tempered Clavier Book 2, BMV 885 (3:04) – slow start swings to uptempo> quick stop
**11/ After Bach: Ostinato (12:20) – slow start builds to midtempo> builds in volume & intensity> swings to fast tempo & slows to fade
12/ Prayer For Healing (11:06) – slow start builds to midtempo & slows to fade
Track Listing