Browse: Bach, J S - Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052

The choice of one-to-a-part strings, while not confirmed by hard contemporary evidence, would avoid crowding out the coffee-drinking clientele. But such lean forces also create transparent textures,... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Those who want all of Bach’s multiple keyboard concertos on the piano cannot do better. Highly recommended. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019 More…

His playing is a powerhouse of unbridled vivacity, exciting and excitable in equal measure…BWV 1052 is the bullish bruiser of the set, and Corti isn’t the only one spraying testosterone in all... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

…the C sharp minor Book 1 Prelude and Fugue radiates nuance, linear dimension and a captivating organic flow that evokes Edwin Fischer and Samuel Feinberg at their most sublime. While Grimaud... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2009 More…

Drawn from the Berlin Philharmonic, the Baroque Soloists yield a cut-glass sound on modernised period instruments. As one might expect, these are honed, pristine accounts with scrupulous attention... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Fray's command of colour and imaginative highlighting is intoxicating, and there is a freshness which makes for indisputably rewarding listening. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…