Bach: Well Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2

Bach: Well Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2
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As a young pianist, Andras Schiff earned wide esteem for his 1980s recordings of the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach; in recent years, as part of his long-term relationship with ECM, he has gone back to Bach as a sage veteran, earning more acclaim for his New Series recordings of the Goldberg Variations (2001) and the six Partitas (2007). The New York Times said, Mr. Schiff is, in Bach, a phenomenon. He doesn t so much perform it as emit, breathe it. In August 2011, Schiff turned his focus to the 48 preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier, making studio recordings of both books in the Auditorium Radiosvizzera Italiana, Lugano. An iconic inspiration for composers from Mozart and Beethoven to Chopin and Brahms and beyond, The Well-Tempered Clavier has long been considered the Old Testament of the keyboard literature (with Beethovens piano sonatas as the New Testament). In his liner notes to this four-CD set, Paul Griffiths underscores the suitability of Bachs timeless keyboard work for the modern piano: Bach s inquiry into so many nuances, of touch, of interplay between hands and between contrapuntal lines, of character and of expressivity, has helped form keyboard technique as we know it, and his music belongs to the instrument of Beethoven, of Chopin, of Debussy, of KurtÃ¡g especially when that instrument is played with the mastery and sensitivity of Schiff in these performances. . . Noteworthy is his floated melody and his rhythmic sense his realization that so much of Bach s music is song or dance. Grandeur and intimacy are also here. Wit, too.
Country USA
Brand UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer ECM New Series
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 2012-09-25
UnitCount 1
Format Box set
UPCs 028947648277
EANs 0028947648277

Country	USA
Brand	UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer	ECM New Series
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	2012-09-25
UnitCount	1
Format	Box set
UPCs	028947648277
EANs	0028947648277

Bach: Well Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2

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