Take Bach

Jacques Loussier (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Teldec
• ASIN: B00004R7YZ
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,903 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Con in d (After BWV 1063): Allegro

2. Con in d (After BWV 1063): Alla Siciliana

3. Con in d (After BWV 1063): Allegro

4. Con in c (After BWV 1060): Allegro

5. Con in c (After BWV 1060): Adagio

6. Con in c (After BWV 1060): Allegro

7. Con in C (After BWV 1061): Allegro

8. Con in C (After BWV 1061): Adagio

9. Con in C (After BWV 1061): Fuga

10. Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude (Chorale Of Cantata BWV 147)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Loussier & Friends, September 11, 2000

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Yet another great Loussier Bach recording. These are jazz arrangements of Bach's concertos for 2 & 3 keyboards. Loussier only plays in the concerto for 3 keyboards.

Loussier's "Cool Jazz" style wears thin after a while, after listening to his Bach, Satie, etc., so I preferred the concertos for 2 pianos because the Pekinel sisters have a less chromatic style.

The last track "Jesu, bleibet mein freude" is nice, but not really jazz, but rather a simple piano arrangement of the cantata.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bach Still Swings After 250+ Years, August 1, 2007

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J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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If there was ever any doubt that the music of J. S. Bach lends itself to jazz treatment, all one has to do is listen to the myriad recordings of Jacques Loussier and his trio. (And it's not as if groups like the Modern Jazz Quartet or the Swingle Singers and others hadn't caught the Bach bug.) This, time, though, Loussier and his pals (drummer André Arpino and bassist Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac [don't you love that elegant name?]) are joined by the glamorous Turkish twin sisters, duo-pianists Güher and Süher Pekinel. Indeed, Loussier only plays on the Three Piano Concerto, but he made all the arrangements. The Pekinels do themselves proud -- and they don't pound like that other glamorous sister duo, the Sisters Labecque -- and they prove that Turks can swing a mean Rondo à la Turk. (Sorry I couldn't resist the reference to another Bach player, Dave Brubeck, although of course the Rondo is based on Mozart, not good ol' J.S.)

The CD finishes off with a lovely arrangement of the Bach's chorale 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude', better known to English speakers as 'Jesu, Joy of My Desiring'.

This one's a winner.

Scott Morrison

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Didn't jazz it up this time!, June 26, 2001

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jumpy1 (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

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This is a beautiful recording of these pieces, but I was disappointed because I assumed Loussier would jazz these peices up a bit. It is true that within Bach's originals, there is plenty of jazz material, but Loussier usually brings it out more. Other reviewers say they were a bit jazzed up, but I didn't think so. Otherwise, no complaints. I gave mine to my sister and she LOVES it. Especially, the last cantata is exquisite. Good CD to play while you're working.