d'après The Turn of the Screw d'Henry James. Par GUILLOU JEAN. Though the work bearing this title is a portrait of childhood, it is a childhood quite different from the purely gameplaying and dreamlike childhood that is customarily represented. The childhood described here is carrying the seed, in all its purity, of all positive and negative qualities to be found the fully-grown men: a childhood both angelic and diabolical, and indeed very close to Henry James' 'The Turn of the Screw' which was the direct inspiration for this monodrama. Its growth follows the innumerable sudden changes, turns and contrasts of the unsophisticated spirit. There is hardly any development at all, as each idea gives birth to the next or rejects the previons one, being object to every impulse, every tempest, every flux, every fear and delight. After a dreamlike introduction, in which two simple melodies stand out, comes a sudden awakening, Allegro, stamped all over with lavish and forever regenerating dynamism. A sudden halt leads a kind of outburst from the most simple folklore is singing, in regular, repeated notes. Again the question mark leads us to another melody, Tranquillo, of a sweet tempo, but brilliantly decorated with counter-point, its cursive traits leading this time to a kind of roguish march (Vigoroso). Yet soon there emerges a melancholic chant, Largo, in the Cromorne's timbre, and then, in the highest register of the Trumpet there reappears like a metamorphosed memory, the theme of the second movement. Passing other episodes, we come to Tempo giusto, insistent and glorious, interrupted by other passionate figures, cut off by unsettling silent moments and taken up again in always accelerating volleys./ Répertoire / Orgue

Bach, Johann Sebastian Organ Works, Volume 6 Preludes, Toccatas, Fantasias and Fugues II / Early Versions and Variants to I (Volume 5) and II (Volume 6) Editor Kilian, Dietrich / Wollny, Peter Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Works in revised editions Any complete scholarly critical edition of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach must incorporate new research findings in the interest of scholars and performers alike. Now all of Bärenreiter's new performing editions of Bach's organ works are being revised to reflect the current state of scholarship and to convey maximum fidelity to the sources by being linked to 'Bach digital'. The present volume is an updated edition of Series IV, Volume 6 of the 'New Bach Edition' (NBA), prepared by Dietrich Kilian in 1964. The discovery of new sources and a reassessment of existing handwritten copies have brought about changes to the contents of the volume, which now includes the 'Fantasia in C minor' (BWV 1121), the 'Fantasia in G major' (BWV 571), the 'Fugue in G major' (BWV 577) and the C major version of the 'Toccata and Fugue in E major' (BWV 566). On the other hand, the 'Prelude in G major' (BWV 568) as well as the alternative versions of the 'Fugue in C minor' (BWV 574a) and the 'Prelude in A major' (BWV 536a) have been discarded as presumably spurious. Besides the new compilation and corrections of the musical text, the volume also contains a detailed Foreword by Peter Wollny with observations on each work and the extant sources. Page turns have been re-examined and improved. In collaboration with the Bach Archive Leipzig and its 'Bach' digital database, links are provided to all the major sources. The website http://links.baerenreiter.com enables readers to access the relevant page in the source simply and conveniently via short URLs. The links stored there are examined for their validity on a regular basis. Contents: BWV 551, 563-566 (version in E major), 569-571, 573-575, 577-579 and 1121 / Early versions and variants to I (Vol. 5) and II (Vol. 6): BWV 532a, 533a, 535a, 543a, 545a, 549a, 566 (version in C major) and 574b ' New detailed Foreword (Ger/Eng) by Peter Wollny on the works and their sources ' New contents reflecting the current state of source evaluations ' Links to sources in 'Bach digital' ' Complete new engraving and revised page-turns · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Toccata in C BWV 564 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fantasia in C BWV 570 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fantasia in c BWV 1121 früher BWV Anh. 205 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fantasia in C BWV 573 Fragment · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fuga in c BWV 574 über ein Thema von Giovanni Maria Bononcini · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fuga in c BWV 575 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Toccata con Fuga in d BWV 565 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Toccata in E BWV 566 · Early Versions and Variants to I (Volume 5) and II (Volume 6): · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Praeludium con Fuga in C BWV 545a · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Toccata Fassung in C zu BWV 566 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fuga in c BWV 574b über ein Thema von Giovanni Maria Bononcini · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fuga in D BWV 532a · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Praeludium ô Fantasia in d BWV 549a · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Praeludium in e BWV 533a · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Praeludium con Fuga in g BWV 535a · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Praeludium in a BWV 543a · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fantasia in G BWV 571 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fuga in G BWV 577 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fuga in g BWV 578 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Praeludium in a BWV 569 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Praeludium con Fuga in a BWV 551 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fantasia in h BWV 563 · Composer / Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian Fuga in h BWV 579 über ein Thema von Arcangelo Corelli