Bach: Italian Concerto & French Overture
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Italian Concerto & French Overture
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 2 September 2022
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Mahan Esfahani again highlights the radicalism, virtuosity-and sheer joyousness-of the works recorded here, both in his playing and in his uncommonly engaging booklet notes.
"Since for Esfahani any performance starts from a position where everything is freshly, indeed forensically reconsidered, ClavierÜbung II offers particularly rich pickings...Altogether, a challenge to complacency that can't be ignored." BBC Music
"This is edgy, hyper-attentive playing, with rhythmic figures etched with a sharp, swift and precise stylus." Gramophone
"The double question of what is authentic and what is musical is at the heart of Esfahani's always lively and inexhaustible interrogations...The colours he brings to all the works here - including the capriccio in B flat "on the departure of his beloved brother" - make us revel anew in the sonic capabilities of the harpsichord." The Guardian
Tracks:
Concerto nach Italienischen Gusto 'Italian Concerto' BWV971 [12'42]
Ouvertüre nach Französischer Art 'French Overture' BWV831 [33'44]
Duet in E minor BWV802 [2'43]
Duet in F major BWV803 [3'04]
Duet in G major BWV804 [2'37]
Duet in A minor BWV805 [2'38]
Capriccio in B flat major 'on the departure of his beloved brother' BWV992 [10'09]
Capriccio in E major 'in honorem Johann Christoph Bachii Ohrdrufiensis' BWV993 [6'07]
