Fred Thomas - JS Bach/ Fred Thomas: Three Or One [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Fred Thomas is an ECM artist who studied at the Royal Academy of Music and is one of London's most sought after multi-instrumentalists and composer/arranger/producers. rrHere is Johann Sebastian Bach in transfigured light: with organ chorale preludes, vocal cantata movements and orchestral sinfonias - 24 pieces in all - transcribed for trio and solo piano by Fred Thomas, and threaded into a compelling new sequence by Manfred Eicher.

rrOn Three Or One, Bach's idiom is respectfully explored by three innovative players, a process Thomas describes as 'quietly joyful,' and the trio pieces, primarily drawn from Bach's Orgelbuchlein, acquire a fresh character in the hands of Kazakh violinist Aisha Orazbayeva and British cellist Lucy Railton, musicians more often associated with contemporary composition's cutting edge.

rrFred Thomas, who makes his ECM New Series debut here, has always worked across contexts and genres, and considers the trio's wide-ranging experience:

rr'an incitement to creativity. Bach often re-used his own material and it is no surprise it came out differently each time. With his imaginative, technical and improvisatory powers, do we really believe that Bach would play the same thing the same way twice?'

rrIt's a good question, and the key to the approach taken on Three Or One.rr

Press:rr

'[Bach] mostly realised through the medium of the piano trio - albeit with self-effacing strings that match Thomas's penchant for hushed purity...The results can be mesmerising. The delicacy of 'Ach bleib bei uns' BWV 694 or the Sinfonia to Cantata 196 is disarming. And the aria from Cantata 105 utterly beguiles, its insistent, throbbing accompaniment supporting a sublimely translucent melodic line...an illuminating if idiosyncratic Bachian.' - **** BBC Music Magazinerr

'[Thomas] transforms the aria from the Cantata Weichet nur, betrxfcbte Schatten into a gorgeous cantabile supported by a steady left-hand accompaniment, with a control of legato that requires little help from the sustain pedal. Conversely, Thomas's detached articulation and firmly delineated dotted rhythms in the Sinfonia from Cantata No 196, Der Herr denket an uns, sound pearly, rounded and never percussive for a second. Also note the ensemble's subtle dynamic build in Jesu, meine Freude, providing a full-bodied, dignified conclusion.' - Gramophonerr

'London pianist Fred Thomas has long been a fixture of some excellent jazz, world and modern composition projects, but his ECM debut 'Three or One' sees him elegantly arrange and reinvent a series of Bach sinfonias, vocal cantata and organ preludes for piano, violin and cello.' - The Guardianrr

'A deeply felt and beautifully recorded album of re-imagined short Bach pieces which have been 'threaded into a compelling sequence' by Manfred Eicher. Pianist and arranger Fred Thomas, making his debut as leader on ECM, is an astonishingly fine musician, and his string colleagues - Kazakh violinist Aisha Orazbayeva and English cellist Lucy Railton - understand and support his many-faceted vision brilliantly, fitting empathetically into a multitude of varied roles.' - The Arts Desk rr

'This is a beautiful album that is flawless in its conception and execution and plunges the listener into Bach's world with a fresh perspective and set of ears. Essential listening.' - JazzViews

JS Bach: Schubler Chorale- Ach Bleib Bei Uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649

JS Bach: Orgelbuchlein - I. Herr Christ, Der Ein'ge Gottes Sohn, BWV 601

II. Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

III. Durch Adams Fall Ist Ganz Verderbt, BWV 637

Erbarm Sich Mein, O Herre Gott, BWV 721

JS Bach: Cantata 'Der Herr Denket An Uns' BWV 196 - Sinfonia

JS Bach: Orgelbuchlein - I. Alle Menschen Mussen Sterben, BWV 643

II. Der Tag, Der Ist So Freudenreich, BWV 605

III. Christe, Du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619

IV. Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier, BWV 633

JS Bach: Cantata 'Herr, Gehe Nicht In's Gericht Mit Deinem Knecht' BWV 105 - Aria

JS Bach: Cantata 'weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' BWV 202 - Aria

JS Bach: Cantata 'O Heil'ges Geist- Und Wasserbad' BWV 165 - Aria

JS Bach: Cantata 'Allein Zu Dir Herr Jesu Christ' BWV 33 - Aria

Partita 'Wenn Wir In Hoschsten Noten Sein', VERS III, BWV ANH. II 78

Gelobet Seist Du, Jesu Christ, BWV 723

JS Bach: Partita 'O Gott, Du Frommer Gott', BWV 767 - VIII

JS Bach: Orgelbuchlein - I. O Lamm Gottes Unschuldig, BWV 618

II. Jesu, Meine Freude, BWV 610

III. Allein Gott In Der Hoh Sei Ehr, BWV 711 (JS Bach)

JS Bach: Orgelbuchlein - I. In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 608

II. Gott, Durch Deine Gute, BWV 600

III. Gott, Durch Deine Gute, BWV 600

JS Bach: Schubler Chorale - Meine Seele Erhebt Den Herren, BWV 648

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