Víkingur Ólafsson - Johann Sebastian Bach (LP, Album)
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Description
Víkingur Ólafsson (born 14 February 1984) is an Icelandic pianist. He has performed with leading orchestras in Europe and America, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, and Santa Cecilia, and with such conductors as Thomas Adès, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Víkingur has won numerous awards, including Album of the Year at the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards for Johann Sebastian Bach, Opus Klassik Award for Solo Instrumental in 2019 and 2020, and the Rolf Schock Prize in Music in 2022.Víkingur's album Philip Glass Piano Works saw him named "Iceland's Glenn Gould" by the New York Times, and a "breathtakingly brilliant pianist" by Gramophone; Le Monde heralded his "volcanic temperament, great virtuosity, taste for challenges".
Release Info
Artist: Víkingur Ólafsson
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Format: LP, Album
Country: Germany
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Released: 2018-09-07
Genre: Classical
Style: Baroque
Tracklist
A1 Prelude And Fughetta In G Major BWV 902 – Prelude
A2 Chorale Prelude BWV 734 "Nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen g'mein"
A3 Prelude And Fugue In E Minor BWV 855
A4 Organ Sonata In E Minor BWV 528 – Adagio
A5 Prelude And Fugue In C Minor BWV 847
A6 Chorale Prelude BWV 639 "Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ"
B1 Prelude And Fugue In D Major BWV 850
B2 Chorale Prelude BWV 659 "Nu Komm Der Heiden Heiland"
B3 Harpsichord Concerto In D Minor BWV 974
C1 "Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde" BWV 54 – Aria
C2 Aria Variata In A Minor BWV 989 – Aria
C3 Aria Variata In A Minor BWV 989 – Variations 1–10
C4 Aria Variata In A Minor BWV 989 – Aria Da Capo
D1 Sinfonia No. 15 In B Minor BWV 801
D2 Invention No. 15 In B Minor BWV 786
D3 Partita No. 3 For Violin Solo In E Major BWV 1006 – 3. Gavotte
D4 Prelude And Fugue In E Minor BWV 855a – Prelude
D5 Invention No. 12 IN A Major BWV 783
D6 Sinfonia No. 12 In A Major BWV 798
D7 Fantasia And Fugue In A Minor BWV 904
