Lux aeterna: Visions of Bach Beatrice Berrut

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
• 1 Siciliano, BWV 1031 (transcripted by Wilhelm Kempff) 04:01
• 2 Aria, BWV 1068 (transcripted by Alexander Siloti) 05:08
• 3 Chaconne, BWV 1004 (transcripted by Ferrucio Busoni) 14:42
• 4 Komm Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667 02:03
• 5 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) 03:09
• 6 Nun komm der heiden Heiland, BWV 659 04:13
• 7 Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, BWV 734 02:16
• 8 Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 02:55
• 9 Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617 01:46
• 10 Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637 01:57
• 11 Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 705 04:19
• 12 In Dir ist Freude, BWV 615 02:17
• 13 Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665 05:45
• 14 Trois études baroques - I. Vivacissimo 01:52
• 15 Trois études baroques - II. Andante 04:05
• 16 Trois études baroques - III. Moderato 06:51
• 17 Jeux de doubles 05:06
• Total Runtime 01:12:25

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'The meditation, sobriety and modesty of Bach's music are profoundly moving. In this era when so much importance is granted to appearances, his music remains, pushes us to introspection and raises existential questions that, despite the passage of centuries, remain topical. 'I have chosen works transcribed by Busoni, Siloti or Kempff, and not that of works written for harpsichord, for their transcriptions hold out a thread between Bach's era and our modern world.

That is tangible proof of the universality and timelessness of his music: it throws a bridge between men of different centuries. 'Thierry Escaich's music also has its roots in Bach's. So it is that his latest works recall the music of the cantor of Leipzig, whilst strangely tinting it with the colours of the 21st centuries: bouquets of colourful harmonies, wild rhythms, moments of mystical ecstasy… 'Béatrice Berrut Recognized on the international scene and by her peers asa major artist, for her debut on the Aparté lable, the Swiss pianist Béatrice Berrut gives us a highly intimate vision of Johann Sebastian Bach's music.

For this, she is accompanied by a Bösendorfer piano prototype and the microphones of Nicolas Bartholomée, set up in the setting of Flagey, a multi-disciplinary arts centre in Brussels.

Beatrice Berrut, piano

Beatrice Berrut
Described by the international press as "a revelation, an exceptional pianist", whose "transcendent playing revels in multiple layers of genius and beauty", Beatrice is considered one of the most talented artists of her generation.

She has played numerous concerts throughout Europe and America at prestigious venues (the Berlin Philharmony, the Preston Bradley Hall of Chicago, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Teatro Coliseo of Buenos Aires, the Cleveland Museum of Arts...) in recital as well as a soloist with orchestras such as the Orchestra della Svizerra Italiana, the North Czech Philharmonic, the Camerata Menuhin, the Berliner Kammerphilharmonie, the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, the United Nations Orchestra…

Beatrice was born in the Swiss canton of Valais in 1985, and and after studying at the Conservatoire de Lausanne and at the Heinrich Neuhaus Foundation in Zurich she graduated from the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin, where she studied with Galina Iwanzowa. She was awarded an Artist Diploma in John O’Conor’s class at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin.

She also appears regularly on television (ARTE, France 3, RTS, Sat3, ZDF, Tv Berlin, Canal9) and on Swiss, German, US, French, Belgian and Canadian radios (BBC3, WFMT Chicago, CWKR, France Musique, Espace 2, RTBF…).

Her discography is internationally acclaimed, and whereas Fanfare Record Magazine compares her playing to Horowitz, French magazine Diapason praises her “silvery sound, her warm and charming playing”.

In 2005 Beatrice was personally invited by Gidon Kremer to play several concerts at his festival in Basel, and she regulary appears with first class partners such as Shlomo Mintz, Itzhak Perlman, Frans Helmerson and Mihaela Martin. She has been as well collaborating with French-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas since years now.

Her career has been granted numerous awards - the “Revelacion” prize 2011 of the Argentinian Critics’ Association, Geneva’s Arts Society’s Prize in 2006, The Förderpreis of the State of Valais, as well as the Griffon culturel of the Association du Chablais (CH).

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