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Bach, J S - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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more like an than a rejection of his youthful preoccupations...Schiff's Bach sings and dances, and has a clarity derived from a mesmerising touch and an aversion to the sustain pedal. The crucial... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th December 2012
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Hewitt…take full advantage of the piano's potential, including its middle (sostenuto) pedal; for that mighty tonic pedal below the final harmonies of Fugue in A minor. Her quiet sustained... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice
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Admirers of Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt's lightly articulated and elegantly phrased Bach playing won't be disappointed by this recording.
These qualities characterise the playing of each... —Awards:
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Perhaps the most revealing examples of Frisch’s finger independence and bracing articulation can be found in the uncommonly clear interplay of voices in the C sharp major Prelude and in the... —
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Diapason d’Or, May 2019
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The pleasures of this CD are manifold, thanks to Aimard's super-light touch and his subtle deployment of infinitesimal gradations of volume and tempo...And when he goes exceptionally fast -... —
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Time and again you are left to admire the way he never burdens Bach's transparency and profundity with a portentous or heavy air of significance. Touchingly and admirably, he always allows... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, Disc of the month
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Special offer. Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier Book 2
Masato Suzuki (harpsichord)
Suzuki’s manner is bright and muscular, and he has the ability to make the longest pieces convincingly cohere – useful when the preludes attain something approaching full sonata form. —
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Staier here plays a 2004 copy of a 1734 two-manual instrument made by Hieronymus Albrecht Hass. On this aural evidence, it’s a wonderfully versatile Rolls Royce of a harpsichord, offering a... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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