Bach: Piano Concertos BWV 1052, 1054, 1056, 1058 & 1065
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Piano Concertos BWV 1052, 1054, 1056, 1058 & 1065
Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Les Violins du Roy, Bernard Labadie
[ Virgin Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 1 February 2012
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"..played with stylish, spontaneous-sounding elaboration of lines and sparing use of the sustaining pedal...Yet it all works remarkably well...this is a thoroughly enjoyable 'piano' version of these glorious Concertos."
(BBC Music)
"On this disc the combination of the lean "period" sound of Les Violons du Roy and the clear, crisply articulated and sensitively graduated piano playing of Alexandre Tharaud gives a fresh profile to these Bach keyboard concertos...[in the Concerto for Four Keyboards] which the elegance and agility of Tharaud's ornamentation really come into their own."
(The Telegraph)
"This is a curious mix of compromise and contradiction. The Canadian orchestra Les Violons du Roy plays on modern instruments but uses Baroque bows; modern piano replaces harpsichord as the 'keyboard', but played with stylish, spontaneous-sounding elaboration of lines and sparing use of the sustaining pedal...Yet it all works remarkably well...this is a thoroughly enjoyable 'piano' version of these glorious Concertos."
(BBC Music)
"there are remarkable things here. Tharaud's restraint in the tiny, eloquent slow movement of the F minor concerto is heartbreaking, and the ferocious accuracy of his playing in the finale of the G minor work dazzles...The coordination is flawless, and you can't help but smile."
(The Art Desk)
Tracks:
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV1054
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV1056
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV1058
Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor (after Vivaldi), BWV1065
