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Bach, J S - Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV826
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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Partitas
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Helmchen is drawn to the hybrid capabilities of his instrument, which stimulate fresh insights into how Bach’s Partitas can be played and experienced. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Instrumental
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At its pungent best, Esfahani’s joie de vivre can be uniquely captivating. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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To hear this wonderful music played by Hewitt with such a remarkable sense of style and poise on a concert grand is a special treat for listeners of all persuasions…Hewitt sounds completely... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, Recording of the Month
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Building a Library, December 2000, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. J. S. Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 11
Clavier-Übungen I & II
Benjamin Alard (harpsichord)
Unlike his previous accounts for Alpha in 2010, characterisation is now refocused with eloquent intimacy and with less reliance on acoustical resonance, applying a subtler and more personal... —
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Everything has been deeply considered. Everything works. Hewitt makes a beautiful, limpid sound; her ornaments are exquisitely precise as well as sounding natural; she uses the subtle shadings... —
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Building a Library, December 2000, Piano Choice
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The six Partitas are virtually a compendium of Bach's keyboard styles, with toccatas and French overtures, fugues and fantasies and all manner of dances. Trevor Pinnock rises to a new level... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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This is Bach at his most commanding...as fine a set of Bach's complete partitas as you will find in the catalogue, but it lacks the individuality which I had hoped for —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Schiff's…unashamedly and masterfully pianistic, contrasting sustained tone and light staccato teasing out fragmentary motifs. —
