Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

He's a thoughtful pianist with a fine technique and beautiful tonal variety. One fabulous moment is his performance of the F-minor Prelude: he plays it with a pale, almost lifeless tone and a... — American Record Guide, April 2004 More…

Release Date: 28th Feb 2011
Catalogue No: EDITION004
Label: Prometheus Editions

In stock

Usually despatched within 1 working day

Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano)

About
Reviews
Explore

About

"The book shows Bach at once at his most systematic and at his most unpredictable and playful. In total one can only describe it as an heroic endeavour – here Bach strives for variety-for-the-sake-of-variety in the highest sense. No genre or style is left unexamined, no keyboard instrument or ensemble texture not recalled in some sense or other." (Daniel-Ben Pienaar)

Reviews

April 2004

He's a thoughtful pianist with a fine technique and beautiful tonal variety. One fabulous moment is his performance of the F-minor Prelude: he plays it with a pale, almost lifeless tone and a very slow tempo. At the other side of the spectrum is his very humorous performance of the A-major Fugue. The first note is given a sharp, short attack, and the remainder of the subject prances stealthily upward like a cat on the prowl.

February 2004

Daniel-Ben Pienaar’s recording of Book 1 of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, together with his eloquent booklet notes, leaves no doubt that this South African-born pianist is a thinking virtuoso...he seems determined to leave his own mark on this music.

July 2004

Pienaar [is] swift, bright and crisp...Pienaar clarifies the subject matter in greater detail and he builds to a taut climax. [The A minor Fugue] is one of the many highlights in his set that includes a magnificently profiled F sharp minor Fugue, an E flat major Prelude where unsynchronised hands are used to enhance the melody of the chorale section, and an audacious altered version of its companion Fugue.

Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

2 CDs

Contents

Download queue