Bach, J S - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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Using the same Willem Kroesbergen copy of a Couchet double-manual instrument [as on his recording of Book 1], Suzuki unsurprisingly repeats his achievement of presenting 24 preludes and fugues... — More…
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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... — More…
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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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice
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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... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, May 2019
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These are, in short, fresh, spontaneous, original readings that shed new light on the keyboard player's Bible. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Instrumental Choice
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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... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, Disc of the month
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