{"product_id":"brad-mehldau-after-bach-ii-cd","title":"Brad Mehldau - After Bach II (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eBrad Mehldau \/ AFTER BACH II - The album comprises four preludes and one fugue from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as the Allemande from Partita for Keyboard No. 4 in D Major, interspersed with seven compositions or improvisations by Mehldau inspired by the complementary works of the Baroque master-including his Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme. Mehldau, speaking of the \"universality\" of Bach's music, says in his liner note: \"The more you try to engage with him, the more your own personality becomes visible, unavoidably. You are not playing Bach-Bach is playing you, in the sense that he lays you bare... The greatest choice you make at all times is not out of an absence, but from what is there, in it's totality. Specifically, it is the constant choice you make in how to negotiate between harmony and melody.\"He continues, \"This is why Bach is a model for me as a jazz musician. In my improvised solos, I want to make melodic phrases that carry harmonic implication, and create harmony that moves in a melodic fashion. This is a crucial component in the storytelling.\" After Bach II follows 2018's After Bach album, which originated in a work Mehldau first performed in 2015-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, The Royal Conservatory of Music, The National Concert Hall, and Wigmore Hall-called Three Pieces After Bach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrelude to Prelude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prelude No. 9 in E Major from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I BWV 854\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prelude No. 6 in D Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I BWV 851\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e After Bach: Toccata\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Partita for Keyboard No. 4 in D Major BWV 828: II. Allemande\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e After Bach: Cavatina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prelude No. 20 in a Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I BWV 865\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Between Bach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fugue No. 20 in a Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I BWV 865\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Intermezzo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Aria-Like\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation I Minor 5\/8 a\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation II Minor 5\/8 B\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation III Major 7\/4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation IV Breakbeat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation V Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Variations on Bach's Goldberg Theme: Variation VI Finale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I BWV 852\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Postlude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50400645710098,"sku":"075597900774","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/4322506-3152556.jpg?v=1729116240","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brad-mehldau-after-bach-ii-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}