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Johann Sebastian Bach - Víkingur Ólafsson

Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Víkingur Ólafsson

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I expected this to be good; but just how good it was was still a surprise…Ólafsson creates a ravishing musical sequence. Every track has its own allure, and many reflect a virtuosity which is...

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 20185 out of 5 stars

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Víkingur Ólafsson

Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)

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I expected this to be good; but just how good it was was still a surprise…Ólafsson creates a ravishing musical sequence. Every track has its own allure, and many reflect a virtuosity which is...

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 20185 out of 5 stars

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Bach, J S: Prelude & Fughetta in G major, BWV902
Work length3:26
1. Prelude
Track length3:26
Bach, J S: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, Chorale Prelude BWV 734 (Transcr. Wilhelm Kempff)
Work length1:51
Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in E Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 10), BWV 855
Work length3:19
1. Prelude
Track length2:03
2. Fugue
Track length1:16
Bach, J S: Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528
Work length5:26
2. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal)
Track length5:26
Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 5 in D major, BWV850
Work length2:47
1. Prelude
Track length1:02
2. Fugue
Track length1:45
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV659 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'
Work length5:04
Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 2 in C minor, BWV847
Work length3:02
1. Prelude
Track length1:24
2. Fugue
Track length1:38
Bach, J S: Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54 (Transcr. by Víkingur Ólafsson)
Work length4:26
Bach, J S: Aria Variata in A minor, BWV989 ‘alla Maniera Italiana'
Work length14:37
Aria
Track length1:50
Variation I. Largo
Track length1:09
Variation II
Track length0:55
Variation III
Track length0:55
Variation IV. Allegro
Track length0:55
Variation V. Un poco allegro
Track length0:59
Variation VI. Andante
Track length2:06
Variation VII. Un poco allegro
Track length0:47
Variation VIII. Allegro
Track length0:49
Variation IX
Track length1:08
Variation X
Track length1:46
Aria da capo
Track length1:18
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 12 in A major, BWV783
Work length1:19
Bach, J S: Three-part Invention (Sinfonia) No. 12 in A major, BWV798
Work length1:23
Bach, J S: Suite from the Partita No.3 in E Major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006
Work length2:48
2. Gavotte (Transcr. by Sergey Rachmaninov)
Track length2:48
Bach, J S: Prelude in B minor (after BWV855a, arr Siloti)
Work length3:00
Bach, J S: Three-part Invention (Sinfonia) No. 15 in B minor, BWV801
Work length1:19
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 15 in B minor, BWV786
Work length1:11
Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto in D minor (after Marcello), BWV974
Work length9:58
1. Andante
Track length2:17
2. Adagio
Track length4:10
3. Presto
Track length3:31
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ'
Work length3:08
Bach, J S: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904
Work length9:08
1. Fantasia
Track length3:54
2. Fugue
Track length5:14

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

Christmas 2018

I expected this to be good; but just how good it was was still a surprise…Ólafsson creates a ravishing musical sequence. Every track has its own allure, and many reflect a virtuosity which is never flaunted; he treats the preludes and fugues as though they had been conceived as tone-poems or études.
5 out of 5 stars

November 2018

Here is an artist who palpably adores and reveres JSB in equal measure, and makes sense of a programme that could have sounded bitty…In terms of pianistic lineage, Ólafsson combines the fantasy of Maria João Pires and Martha Argerich with the contrapuntal élan of Piotr Anderszewski. But he is very much his own man.

March 2019

There is much to enjoy here, nonetheless: highlights include the Concerto in D minor after Marcello (which has earned notoriety for being featured in 50 Shades of Grey) and the Fantasia and Fugue BWV 904. With a recording of stunning clarity made in Reykjavík’s Harpa Concert House, all the shades – grey or otherwise – make their mark.
3 out of 5 stars

2nd December 2018

Bach at the keyboard has rarely sounded so fresh, expressive and joyous.
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