Musical Offering, BWV 1079:
Sonata Sopr' il sogetto reale a traversa, violino e continuo.
Thematis regii elaborationes canonicae
Canon a due violini in unisono
Canon 3 a 2 per motu contrario
Canon 1 a 2 cancrizans
Canon perpetuus super thema regium
Canon 4 a 2 per augmentationem contrario motu
Canon a 2 "Quaerendo invenietis" no. 9
Canon a 2 "Quaerendo invenietis" no. 9b
Canon 5 a 2 per tonos

This release is a good example of the way how centuries-old music inspires people of today to make something new. J. S. Bach took the theme he was given by the Prussian king Frederick the Great as an opportunity for a compositional logical game. One line of notes is enough to build - together with the king theme - a whole piece of 2, 3 or 4 voices. The mathematical strength of this task and the timeless beautiful solution by J. S. Bach fascinates until today. The German composer Sebastian Gottschick arranged the pieces, added pizzicati to the slow movement of the trio sonata, he created two new pieces with the material of Bach and combined the pieces to a contemporary concert. - Ariadne Daskalakis and her Ensemble Vintage Cologne present the modern concert version by Sebastian Gottschick as well as the missing original versions by Bach. The musicians adapt perfectly to the particular stylistic context, they play originally and emotionally.