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℗ 2024 Nonesuch Records Inc.
Released | March 14, 2024 |
Duration | 1h 06m 05s |
Record Label | Nonesuch |
Genre | Jazz |
After Bach II
Brad Mehldau
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Prelude to Prelude
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1:22 | |||
1.2
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Prelude No. 9 in E Major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 854
Brad Mehldau |
1:48 | |||
1.3
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Prelude No. 6 in D Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 851
Brad Mehldau |
1:18 | |||
After Bach
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1.4
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Toccata
Brad Mehldau |
14:42 | |||
Partita for Keyboard No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828
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1.5
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II. Allemande
Brad Mehldau |
8:11 | |||
After Bach
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1.6
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Cavatina
Brad Mehldau |
5:16 | |||
1.7
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Prelude No. 20 in A Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 865
Brad Mehldau |
1:07 | |||
1.8
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Between Bach
Brad Mehldau |
6:05 | |||
1.9
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Fugue No. 20 in A Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 865
Brad Mehldau |
3:55 | |||
1.10
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Intermezzo
Brad Mehldau |
1:26 | |||
Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme
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1.11
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Aria-like
Brad Mehldau |
3:39 | |||
1.12
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Variation I, Minor 5/8 a
Brad Mehldau |
2:12 | |||
1.13
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Variation II, Minor 5/8 b
Brad Mehldau |
1:10 | |||
1.14
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Variation III, Major 7/4
Brad Mehldau |
2:31 | |||
1.15
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Variation IV, Breakbeat
Brad Mehldau |
1:40 | |||
1.16
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Variation V, Jazz
Brad Mehldau |
2:03 | |||
1.17
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Variation VI, Finale
Brad Mehldau |
1:25 | |||
1.18
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Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 852
Brad Mehldau |
3:59 | |||
1.19
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Postlude
Brad Mehldau |
2:16 |
Brad Mehldau's After Bach II album comprises four preludes and one fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as the Allemande from the fourth Partita, interspersed with seven compositions or improvisations by Mehldau inspired by the complementary works of Bach—including Mehldau’s Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme.
"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 its totality. Specifically, it is the constant choice you make in how to negotiate between harmony and melody.
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. Two of Mehldau’s compositions from that program were presented on the After Bach album; his virtuosic third piece, Toccata, is included on After Bach II."
- Brad Mehldau
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Nonesuch Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.27 -3.71 to -0.20 | -19.61 -26.04 to -15.34 | -16.71 -22.90 to -12.40 | 12 10 to 14 | |
1 | Prelude to Prelude | -3.71 | -22.99 | -19.9 | 12 |
2 | Prelude No. 9 in E Major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 854 | -2.26 | -23.18 | -20.3 | 13 |
3 | Prelude No. 6 in D Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 851 | -1.60 | -19.33 | -16.6 | 11 |
4 | Toccata | -0.25 | -17.13 | -14.3 | 10 |
5 | II. Allemande | -2.23 | -21.52 | -18.8 | 13 |
6 | Cavatina | -0.25 | -21.09 | -17.4 | 13 |
7 | Prelude No. 20 in A Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 865 | -3.14 | -20.47 | -17.7 | 12 |
8 | Between Bach | -0.25 | -17.95 | -15.1 | 12 |
9 | Fugue No. 20 in A Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 865 | -0.25 | -18.30 | -15.6 | 12 |
10 | Intermezzo | -1.38 | -22.67 | -18.9 | 12 |
11 | Aria-like | -1.93 | -22.11 | -18.9 | 12 |
12 | Variation I, Minor 5/8 a | -0.20 | -16.83 | -14.3 | 10 |
13 | Variation II, Minor 5/8 b | -0.20 | -15.34 | -12.4 | 10 |
14 | Variation III, Major 7/4 | -0.20 | -15.85 | -13.2 | 10 |
15 | Variation IV, Breakbeat | -0.20 | -16.95 | -14.4 | 12 |
16 | Variation V, Jazz | -0.20 | -17.79 | -15.3 | 12 |
17 | Variation VI, Finale | -0.20 | -15.69 | -12.8 | 10 |
18 | Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 852 | -2.58 | -21.44 | -18.7 | 13 |
19 | Postlude | -3.04 | -26.04 | -22.9 | 14 |