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Sonya Bach plays JS Bach
Keyboard Concertos
Sonya Bach (piano)
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2017
Bach plays with eloquent precision and, quite apart from her immaculate technique, there are many things to enjoy here: the clean, jewel-like tone, alert articulation and stylish ornamentation…If...
Sonya Bach plays JS Bach
Keyboard Concertos
Sonya Bach (piano)
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Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2017
Bach plays with eloquent precision and, quite apart from her immaculate technique, there are many things to enjoy here: the clean, jewel-like tone, alert articulation and stylish ornamentation…If...
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Korean pianist Sonya Bach studied with Lazar Berman and Alicia de Larrocha, and is a Steinway artist. For such a great virtuoso of both harpsichord and organ, it is remarkable that J.S Bach composed only one original work for keyboard and orchestra: the 5th Brandenburg Concerto which with its huge 65 bar cadenza in the first movement created the blue print for all piano concertos that followed. However, Bach, the great arranger, turned to his other concertos and created 7 (No.6 omitted here is for keyboard, 2 flutes and strings) concertos that give us an idea of his ability as a player, but also his genius in transcription, often taking great liberties with the original material to create new concertos. Bach performed these concertos at social gatherings of the Collegium Musicum in Leipzig, and he directed from the keyboard.
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Awards and reviews
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Presto Editor's ChoiceSeptember 2017
Christmas 2017
Bach plays with eloquent precision and, quite apart from her immaculate technique, there are many things to enjoy here: the clean, jewel-like tone, alert articulation and stylish ornamentation…If you like your Bach to sound more like Mendelssohn, rich and Romantic with dynamic swells and contrasts, then these technically assured performances may well appeal.