JS Bach: Magna Sequentia 1
A Grand Suite of Dances compiled by Sonia Rubinsky
Sonia Rubinsky (piano)
With this unusual recording she attempts a synthesis which has not been made before. She takes as her cue the fact that Bach’s contemporary Louis Couperin wrote sets of dances too numerous to...
JS Bach: Magna Sequentia 1
A Grand Suite of Dances compiled by Sonia Rubinsky
Sonia Rubinsky (piano)
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With this unusual recording she attempts a synthesis which has not been made before. She takes as her cue the fact that Bach’s contemporary Louis Couperin wrote sets of dances too numerous to...
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Magna Sequentia I is a unique sequencing of dance movements drawn from Bach’s keyboard works featuring pieces from the French Suites and the Partitas. Whereas Bach’s suites typically comprise six to eight movements, Sonia Rubinsky has selected 19, compiled with a tonal logic that still keeps the structure of a suite. She has chosen several examples of each of the dance forms used by Bach so one can appreciate the dazzling variety of both style and mood. Enhanced by her historically informed performance, Magna Sequentia I offers fresh insights into Bach performance on a modern grand piano. Sonia Rubinsky was awarded Best Recording of the Year in the Classical Category of the 2009 Latin Grammy Awards for the eighth volume of the complete piano works of Heitor Villa-Lobos, recorded for Naxos. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from The Juilliard School, New York.
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September 2019
With this unusual recording she attempts a synthesis which has not been made before. She takes as her cue the fact that Bach’s contemporary Louis Couperin wrote sets of dances too numerous to be played at one sitting, and that performers of the time would choose which pieces to play on the spur of the moment…Once one accepts her basic premise, the recording becomes enjoyable: her sound is fresh, vivid, at times even witty, and her approach is properly idiomatic.
