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Bach 4 Kids / Andrew Rangell
Release Date:
10/04/2019
Label:
Steinway & Sons
Catalog #:
30111
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell
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Notes and Reviews
"Bach 4 Kids" is a recital containing 19 vivid and varied keyboard selections by Johann Sebastian Bach. The pieces are mostly short, and the program of modest size, both scaled, one might say, to the attention span of a child. Yet Bach’s genius provides, in this half hour, a remarkable concentration of substance and of detail – inviting, and requiring, repeated listening.
Album Credits:
Sinfonia No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 790 recorded December 20 – 21, 2018
at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, Massachusetts.
All other tracks previously released.
Executive Producer: Jon Feidner
Editing/Mastering: Brad Michel
Art Direction: Jackie Fugere
Design:
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Cover to Cover Design, Anilda Carrasquillo
Production Assistant: Renée Oakford
Cover illustration: Andrew Rangell
Back Cover illustration: Robert Gale
Photo of Andrew Rangell: Bill Fried
Reviews:
Pianist Andrew Rangell has been doing unconventional projects for a long time (book him for the Ives "Concord" Sonata sometime and see if he'll whistle the optional flute part). He is not the first pianist to record an album for children, but he may be the first to use his name in nickname form (Andy Rangell) as a part thereof. The album accompanies a children's cartoon, included here on DVD, which deals with a pair of blue pajamas. The cartoon is drawn and narrated by Rangell himself, also probably a first, and is itself accompanied by Bach's music, again played by Rangell. This is worthwhile in itself. It used to be that young people got a wide, if not systematic, exposure to classical music through cartoons, and the idea is worth reviving. As for the Bach 4 Kids album itself, Rangell plays it straight. The music isn't simplified in any way, but he does offer small chunks and single movements, rather than multi-movement structures. They include a lot of the famous tunes from Bach's instrumental music. Rangell favors upbeat pieces, and he cultivates a direct style appropriate to the occasion. Sample the Allegro from the Italian Concerto, BWV 971. Will it appeal to kids? Try it out on some in your circle; the probable answer is yes.
-- AllMusic Guide
May I say at the outset that this is a very weird recording? That’s not completely bad thing but I have more questions coming out than I did going in. The album’s title is “Bach 4 Kids”; it is mostly dance movements and selections from the Inventions and Sinfonias. Andrew (masquerading as “Andy” for the album credit) Rangell’s playing is exuberant, sometimes harsh as in the accent-heavy gigue from French Suite 5. So my question: is he performing this way to keep kids’ interest up? Is he taking a cue from his own childhood? (Many of the performances remind me of what a very precocious child would do with Bach.)
Even if one or both hypotheses are true, what accounts for the fascinating performances like the slow, luminous, and expressively free Sinfonia in D minor and (especially) A minor? I don’t have an answer, but I would say that it is worth purchasing for the Italian Concerto, Aria from the Goldberg Variations, and a few others). A DVD includes Rangell’s own story, “The Story of Peter Pajamas”, with a soundtrack derived from the recording. A puzzle, but hardly an unpleasant one.
-- American Record Guide
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1.
French Suite no 6 in E major, BWV 817: Polonaise
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
circa 1724 Leipzig, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
1 Minutes 20 Secs.
2.
French Suite no 6 in E major, BWV 817: Allemande
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
circa 1724 Leipzig, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
1 Minutes 14 Secs.
3.
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue no 19 in A major, BWV 864 - Prelude
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1722 Cöthen, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
1 Minutes 04 Secs.
4.
Three-Part Invention no 13 in A minor, BWV 799
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1723 Cöthen, Germany
Venue:
Shalin Liu Center, Rockport, Mass.
Length:
1 Minutes 56 Secs.
5.
Partita for Keyboard no 3 in A minor, BWV 827: Scherzo
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1726-1731 Leipzig, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
1 Minutes 10 Secs.
6.
Partita for Keyboard no 4 in D major, BWV 828: Aria
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1726-1731 Leipzig, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
1 Minutes 17 Secs.
7.
Prelude in D minor, BWV 926
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Venue:
Shalin Liu Center, Rockport, Mass.
Length:
1 Minutes 02 Secs.
8.
French Suite no 5 in G major, BWV 816: no 2, Courante
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
circa 1724 Leipzig, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
1 Minutes 12 Secs.
9.
French Suite no 5 in G major, BWV 816: no 5, Bourrée
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1722
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
1 Minutes 20 Secs.
10.
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue no 1 in C, BWV 846 - Prelude
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1722 Cöthen, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
1 Minutes 44 Secs.
11.
Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826: Rondeau
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1726-1731 Leipzig, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
3 Minutes 07 Secs.
12.
Two-Part Invention no 8 in F major, BWV 779
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1723 Cöthen, Germany
Venue:
Shalin Liu Center, Rockport, Mass.
Length:
1 Minutes 0 Secs.
13.
Italian Concerto, BWV 971: 1st movement, Allegro
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1735 Leipzig, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
4 Minutes 12 Secs.
14.
Partita for Keyboard no 1 in B flat major, BWV 825: Menuet I
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1726-1731 Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
0 Minutes 48 Secs.
15.
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue no 21 in B flat major, BWV 866 - Prelude
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1722 Cöthen, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
1 Minutes 21 Secs.
16.
Partita for Keyboard no 1 in B flat major, BWV 825: Gigue
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1726-1731 Leipzig, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
2 Minutes 17 Secs.
17.
Three-Part Invention no 4 in D minor, BWV 790
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1723 Cöthen, Germany
Venue:
Shalin Liu Center, Rockport, Mass.
Length:
1 Minutes 55 Secs.
18.
French Suite no 5 in G major, BWV 816: no 7, Gigue
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
circa 1724 Leipzig, Germany
Venue:
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Length:
2 Minutes 19 Secs.
19.
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1741 Germany
Venue:
Troy Savings Bank Hall, Troy, New York
Length:
2 Minutes 24 Secs.
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