Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 BWV 870-893

Bacchetti’s fine touch and keen intellect is all on show here, and ignoring any issues with the sound it is easy to find his Bach stimulating and refreshing. There is an animated and ‘alive’... — MusicWeb International, March 2022 More…

Release Date: 25th Nov 2022
Catalogue No: 109452
Label: Arthaus Musik

International Classical Music Awards

2023

Nominated - Baroque Instrumental

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Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Andrea Bacchetti (piano)

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The Italian newspaper La Repubblica calls him almost the “most talented Bach pianist” in Italy, and Andrea Bacchetti has given concerts internationally on the world’s largest classical music stages. When Bacchetti talks about Bach, he calls his music “his life, his day and his night”. Hardly any other pianist manages to read Bach’s music in such a modern and precise way as the interpreter from Genoa does. On his latest release, he has now devoted himself to the second part of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Piano Book, one of the key works of the Baroque era, on whose music Bacchetti has specialized for years. For example, his recording of unreleased Scarlatti sonatas won the ICMA Award. In this recording, too, Bacchetti knows how to provide Bach’s musical microcosm with the necessary sharpness and thus complete a cycle that makes one sit up and take notice in his interpretation.

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March 2022

Bacchetti’s fine touch and keen intellect is all on show here, and ignoring any issues with the sound it is easy to find his Bach stimulating and refreshing. There is an animated and ‘alive’ feel to this playing that would certainly prevent you from falling asleep in a live performance, and Bacchetti is not afraid to use the full dynamic range of the piano.

Musical Opinion April/June 2023

The Italian newspaper La Repubblica dubbed Bacchetti as the 'most talented Bach pianist' and this artist's new set of these immortal masterworks confirms that opinion. These are exceptional interpretations throughout - particularly moving being the F minor and G major...An outstanding release in every respect.

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