Perpetual Motion

~ Release by Béla Fleck (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

A number of interpretations of Classical works on banjo.

Pieces are reinterpreted and arranged by Bela Fleck, so this album is left under him. Composers are represented with track ARs.

Annotation last modified on 2025-01-26 20:43 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Keyboard Sonata in C major, K. 159
recording engineer:
Richard Battaglia and Robert Battaglia
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest mandolin:
Chris Thile
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Sanctuary Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 2001)
recording of:
Sonata in C major, K 159, L 104 "La caccia": Allegro
composer:
Domenico Scarlatti (composer)
part of:
Alessandro Longo’s catalog of Domenico Scarlatti’s keyboard works (number: 104) and Ralph Kirkpatrick’s catalog of Domenico Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas (number: 159)
2:16
2Two-Part Invention No. 13
recording engineer:
Jim Janik and Todd Whitelock (engineer)
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest marimba:
Evelyn Glennie (percussionist)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Avatar Recording Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2001-03-25 until 2001-03-27)
recording of:
Inventio Nr. 13 a-Moll, BWV 784 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Inventio Nr. 13 a-Moll, BWV 784
1:35
3"Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" from Children's Corner
recording engineer:
Jim Janik and Todd Whitelock (engineer)
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest cello:
Gary Hoffman (Canadian cellist)
guest violin:
Joshua Bell (violinist)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Avatar Recording Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2001-03-25 until 2001-03-27)
recording of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113: I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (original piano version)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1906 until 1908-07)
part of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113, CD 119 (original piano version)
2:30
4Mazurka in F-sharp minor
recording engineer:
Jake Jackson (recording engineer) and Steve Orchard (producer and engineer)
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest guitar:
John Williams (classical guitarist)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Lyndhurst Hall (main recording hall of AIR Studios) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2001-01-29)
recording of:
Mazurkas, op. 59: No. 3 in F‐sharp minor. Vivace
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer)
part of:
Mazurkas, op. 59
3:41
5"Prelude" from Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin
recording engineer:
Richard Battaglia and Robert Battaglia
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Sanctuary Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 2001)
recording of:
Violin Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006.1/1006: I. Preludio
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1720)
part of:
Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006.1/1006
3:50
6Etude in C-sharp minor
recording engineer:
Jim Janik and Todd Whitelock (engineer)
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest cello:
Gary Hoffman (Canadian cellist)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Avatar Recording Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (on 2001-02-12)
recording of:
Étude in C‐sharp minor, op. 10 no. 4: Presto
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Études, op. 10
2:18
7Mazurka in F-sharp minor
recording engineer:
Jim Janik and Todd Whitelock (engineer)
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest violin:
Joshua Bell (violinist)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Avatar Recording Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2001-03-25 until 2001-03-27)
recording of:
Mazurka no. 1 in F‐sharp minor, op. 6 no. 1
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer)
part of:
Mazurkas, op. 6
2:24
8Three-Part Invention No. 10
recording engineer:
Richard Battaglia and Robert Battaglia
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest double bass:
Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
guest mandolin:
Chris Thile
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Sanctuary Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 2001)
recording of:
Sinfonia Nr. 10 G-Dur, BWV 796 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Sinfonia Nr. 10 G-Dur, BWV 796
1:00
9Melody in E-flat
recording engineer:
Richard Battaglia and Robert Battaglia
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest piano:
Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Peacock Gardens Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 2001)
recording of:
Souvenir d’un lieu cher for Violin and Piano, op. 42: III. Mélodie
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1878-03 until 1878-05)
part of:
Souvenir d’un lieu cher for Violin and Piano, op. 42
3:15
10Presto in G minor I after Bach
recording engineer:
Jim Janik and Todd Whitelock (engineer)
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest marimba:
Evelyn Glennie (percussionist)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Avatar Recording Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2001-03-25 until 2001-03-27)
recording of:
Presto in G minor I after Bach
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
1:44
11"Prelude" from Suite for Unaccompanied Cello No. 1
recording engineer:
Richard Battaglia and Robert Battaglia
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Sanctuary Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 2001)
recording of:
Suite no. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Suite für Violoncello solo no. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude)
part of:
Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (catch-all for arrangements)
2:15
12Three-Part Invention No. 15
recording engineer:
Jim Janik and Todd Whitelock (engineer)
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest marimba:
Evelyn Glennie (percussionist)
guest violin:
Joshua Bell (violinist)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Avatar Recording Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2001-03-25 until 2001-03-27)
recording of:
Sinfonia Nr. 15 h-Moll, BWV 801 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Sinfonia Nr. 15 h-Moll, BWV 801
1:16
13Moto Perpetuo
recording engineer:
Richard Battaglia and Robert Battaglia
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest piano:
Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Peacock Gardens Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 2001)
recording of:
Moto perpetuo, op. 11, MS 72 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Niccolò Paganini (Italian composer and violinist)
arrangement of:
Allegro vivace a movimento perpetuo, op. 11, MS 72 (for violin and orchestra)
3:44
14Keyboard Sonata in D minor K. 213
recording engineer:
Richard Battaglia and Robert Battaglia
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest mandolin:
Chris Thile
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Sanctuary Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 2001)
recording of:
Sonata in D minor, K 213, L 108: Andante
composer:
Domenico Scarlatti (composer)
part of:
Alessandro Longo’s catalog of Domenico Scarlatti’s keyboard works (number: 108) and Ralph Kirkpatrick’s catalog of Domenico Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas (number: 213)
3:16
15Two-Part Invention No. 6
recording engineer:
Richard Battaglia and Robert Battaglia
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest double bass:
Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Sanctuary Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 2001)
recording of:
Inventio Nr. 6 E-Dur, BWV 777 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Inventio Nr. 6 E-Dur, BWV 777
2:33
16"Adagio Sostenuto" from "Moonlight" Sonata
recording engineer:
Jim Janik and Todd Whitelock (engineer)
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest cello:
Gary Hoffman (Canadian cellist)
guest double bass:
Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Avatar Recording Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (on 2001-02-12)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
arrangement of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight” (catch-all for arrangements)
5:07
17Two-Part Invention No. 11
recording engineer:
Jim Janik and Todd Whitelock (engineer)
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest marimba:
Evelyn Glennie (percussionist)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Avatar Recording Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2001-03-25 until 2001-03-27)
recording of:
Inventio Nr. 11 g-Moll, BWV 782 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Inventio Nr. 11 g-Moll, BWV 782
0:57
18Seven Variations on "God Save the King"
recording engineer:
Jake Jackson (recording engineer) and Steve Orchard (producer and engineer)
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest guitar:
John Williams (classical guitarist)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Lyndhurst Hall (main recording hall of AIR Studios) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2001-01-29)
recording of:
7 Variations for Piano in C major on “God Save the King”, WoO 78
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1802 until 1803)
part of:
Biamonti Catalogue (chronological catalogue of Beethoven's works) (number: Bia 368) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 78)
is based on:
God Save the King (national anthem of several countries in the British Commonwealth)
9:09
19Three-Part Invention No. 7
recording engineer:
Jim Janik and Todd Whitelock (engineer)
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest double bass:
Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
guest violin:
Joshua Bell (violinist)
arranger:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
recorded at:
Avatar Recording Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2001-03-25 until 2001-03-27)
recording of:
Sinfonia Nr. 7 e-Moll, BWV 793 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Sinfonia Nr. 7 e-Moll, BWV 793
2:12
20Moto Perpetuo (Bluegrass version)
recording engineer:
Richard Battaglia and Robert Battaglia
producer:
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer)
banjo:
Béla Fleck
guest guitar:
Bryan Sutton
arranger:
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer (contemporary bassist and composer) and Bryan Sutton
recorded at:
Sanctuary Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 2001)
recording of:
Moto perpetuo, op. 11, MS 72 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Niccolò Paganini (Italian composer and violinist)
arrangement of:
Allegro vivace a movimento perpetuo, op. 11, MS 72 (for violin and orchestra)
2:39

Credits

Release

art direction:Roxanne Slimak (credited for art direction and design)
photography:Frank W. Ockenfels 3 (American photographer)
mastering:Glenn Meadows (mastering engineer)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2497149 [info]
ASIN:US: B00005OSX6 [info]