Bach: Italain Concerto / Partita No 1 & 3 / etc
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Italain Concerto / Partita No 1 & 3 / etc
Rafal Blechacz (piano)
[ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 20 March 2017
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"Blechacz is a superlative pianist" BBC Music Magazine
Celebrated by his Chopin awarded recordings and cited by critics as one of those talents that only come along every few decades - has now turned to Bach. The now 31-year-old winner of the 2005 International Chopin Piano Competition, has been immersed in Bach since his childhood and has cultivated a strikingly natural eloquence in his mature interpretations of the composer's keyboard works.
This is the perfect album to show his versatility and fine knowledge of the works of the composer.
Rafal's interpretation flows not least from his formative experience as an organist. Young Rafał cut his musical teeth on Bach's principal instrument, playing organ for several years before turning full time to piano. In addition to playing for services at the main church in his hometown of Nakło nad Notecią, he also gave occasional recitals there long after becoming a pianist.
"Polish piano virtuoso Rafal Blechacz (b. 1985) transfers his penchant for Chopin to selected works by Bach that highlight the close relationship between the ancient harpsichord and modern keyboard sonority, insofar as Blechacz - following in the Glenn Gould tradition - means to impart lyrical clarity as the main ingredient in the Bach contrapuntal ethos. Blechacz has chosen particular works from Bach's Clavier-Uebungen as his source, works collected in a series of four volumes, 1735-1741. Many of the pieces present dance music of varied national styles, as well as virtuoso works that display the capacity of the keyboard to imitate the manuals of the harpsichord or the deep sonority and spacious range of the organ." AudAud.com April 2017
"These superlative performances are enhanced by the pleasing sound quality and attractive acoustic of the chosen venues. Blechacz also has the advantage of an expertly voiced piano, with a rich, warm timbre. This is an immaculately executed recital, enhanced by meticulous attention to detail and constitutes a resounding success. A natural Bach pianist, let's keep our fingers crossed that the composer will feature in subsequent endeavours. This will probably go to the top of my list of Recordings of the Year." Recording of the Month MusicWeb
"A strikingly personal programme…the Fantasia and Fugue in A minor is impressive, the latter a dazzling affair, not least for Blechacz's sheer control over the textures at quiet dynamics…he is patently a pianist who enjoys Bach's extremes…and his way with Bach's counterpoint is unfailingly imaginative" Gramophone
Tracks:
Italian Concerto, BWV971
Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV825
Duets Nos. 1-4, BWV802-805
Fantasia in A minor, BWV944
Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV827
Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude
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