Inventio: Bach - Couperin - Scarlatti Vincent van Amsterdam

• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757): Sonata in B-flat major, K. 202:
• 1 Scarlatti: ​Sonata in B-flat major, K. 202 06:28
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788): 12 Variations in D minor on ‘Die Folie d’Espagne’, Wq.118/9, H. 263:
• 2 Bach: 12 Variations in D minor on ‘Die Folie d’Espagne’, Wq.118/9, H. 263 07:44
• Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in G major, K. 455:
• 3 Scarlatti: ​Sonata in G major, K. 455 03:41
• Sonata in F minor, K. 481:
• 4 Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor, K. 481 05:49
• Sonata in F minor K. 386:
• 5 Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor K. 386 03:02
• Sonata in G major, K. 146:
• 6 Scarlatti: ​Sonata in G major, K. 146 02:57
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Fantasia in F-sharp minor, Wq. 67, H. 300:
• 7 Bach: Fantasia in F-sharp minor, Wq. 67, H. 300 10:11
• Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, K. 87:
• 8 Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, K. 87 05:07
• Sonata in D major, K. 397:
• 9 Scarlatti: Sonata in D major, K. 397 03:05
• François Couperin (1668 - 1733): Les Tambourins, Pièces de clavecin, Livre 4, XXème Ordre, No. 11:
• 10 Couperin: ​Les Tambourins, Pièces de clavecin, Livre 4, XXème Ordre, No. 11 01:41
• La Couperin, Pièces de clavecin, Livre 4, XXIème Ordre, No. 3:
• 11 Couperin: ​La Couperin, Pièces de clavecin, Livre 4, XXIème Ordre, No. 3 04:04
• Les Petit Moulins à Vent, Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3, XVIIème Ordre, No. 2:
• 12 Couperin: Les Petit Moulins à Vent, Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3, XVIIème Ordre, No. 2 01:50
• Les Rozeaux, Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3, XIIIème Ordre, No. 2:
• 13 Couperin: Les Rozeaux, Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3, XIIIème Ordre, No. 2 03:25
• Le Tic-toc-choc ou Les Maillotins, Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3, XVIIIème Ordre, No. 6:
• 14 Couperin: ​Le Tic-toc-choc ou Les Maillotins, Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3, XVIIIème Ordre, No. 6 02:31
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemberg ​Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Wq.49/1, H. 30:
• 15 Bach: Württemberg ​Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Wq.49/1, H. 30: I. Moderato 07:26
• 16 Bach: Württemberg ​Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Wq.49/1, H. 30: II. Andante 03:43
• 17 Bach: Württemberg ​Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Wq.49/1, H. 30: III. Allegro assai 05:19
• Total Runtime 01:18:03

Info for Inventio: Bach - Couperin - Scarlatti

Following the success of his recording of J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations on Odradek, Vincent van Amsterdam returns with music by Bach's contemporaries Francois Couperin and Domenico Scarlatti as well as by one of his most famous sons, C. P.E. Bach. All the works on the album were originally written for harpsichord and were specially arranged for classical accordion by Vincent van Amsterdam himself. The sound of the accordion breathes new life into this repertoire, bringing out different nuances in the music and exuding a sense of timeless beauty.

When van Amsterdam first heard Fantasia in F sharp and Variations on La folia d'Espagne by German composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, he was immediately sold. The accordionist believes that Johann Sebastian's most famous son gets far too little attention and decides to to change this. It turns out that the CPE Bach's special style of expressiveness and capriciousness lends itself extremely well to the accordion, which, through alternating use of the registers, lets the music sound in all its facets.

And what happened in the rest of Europe in the 18th century? In Paris you have François Couperin; one of the most important composers at the court of the Sun King and at the Spanish court the Italian migrant worker, Domenico Scarlatti, is active. The playful and the dynamic compositional style of these composers creates a nice contrast with their aforementioned German contemporary.

Vincent van Amsterdam, accordion

Vincent van Amsterdam
winner of the Dutch Classical Talent Award 2016, is a big promoter of the classical accordion. He completed both his Bachelor's and his Master's degree cum laude at the Fontys Academy for Fine Arts Tilburg (NL). Vincent is a laureate of various (inter)national music competitions, including the Prinses Christina Concours (NL, 2007), the National Accordion Competition (NL, 2008 and 2009), and the International Young Musicians Competition (IT, 2009). At the Coupe Mondiale (HR, 2010) Vincent won 4th price. With the Van Amsterdam Duo, Vincent won prizes in Varaždin (HR, 2010) and Klingenthal (DE, 2012). In 2014 he received the professional jury price of the Dutch Conservatoire Competition.

Vincent started his accordion studies with his father, accordion player and teacher Evert van Amsterdam. During his Bachelor studies, Vincent was taught by Ronald van Overbruggen and Gerie Daanen. Over the course of his Master's degree, Vincent took lessons with professor Stefan Hussong at the Hochschule fur Musik in Würzburg (DE), and with professor Wjatscheslaw Semionow at the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow (RU). In past years, Vincent has participated in master classes and summer courses with renowned accordion players, such as Friedrich Lips (RU), Miny Dekkers (NL), Claudio Jacomucci (IT), Yuri Shishkin (RU), Mika Vayrynen (FI) en Miljan Bjeletic (RS).

Vincent's repertoire is characterized by its broad scope, which reaches from Scarlatti, Bach and Franck to Gubaidulina, Nordheim, Schmidt and Kusjakow. Additionally, Vincent has actively sought out contemporary Dutch composers. His work with them has culminated in several world premieres of pieces by Aart Strootman, Bernard van Beurden and Willem Boogman. As part of the Dutch Classical Talent Competition 2015/2016, the Performing Arts Fund (NL) awarded a grant to Maxim Shalygin for the writing of a new composition for solo accordion, especially for Vincent.

Vincent has recorded three CDs. In 2012, he recorded “A Flight Beyond the Time”, on which he performed solo compositions and chamber music works with the Van Amsterdam Duo. His subsequent CD, “Classical Accordion” (2014) consists completely of solo works by such diverse composers as Sweelinck, Bach, Gubaidulina and Tiensuu. In 2016 Vincent released a CD with the Van Amsterdam Duo, entitled “Chanson Russe”, which includes works by various Russian composers.

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