ANDREA BACCHETTI PLAYS BACH
ANDREA BACCHETTI,
piano
DYNAMIC 2 Cds -
MAY 2009
Recorded March 2008 / September 2008
Verdi Hall of the Conservatory, Milan (Italy)
Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile (Italy)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 - 1750) |
TWO-PART INVENTIONS & SINFONIAS |
CD 1 |
1 - 15 | Two-part Inventions BWV 772-786 | 26:16 |
16 - 30 | Sinfonias - BWV 787-801 | 32:48 |
31 - 38 | French suite N.6 in E major BWV 817 | 17:39 |
TOT.: 77:11 |
CD 2 |
1 - 6 | Partita N.2 in C minor BWV 826 | 22:16 |
7 - 12 | Sechs kleine Präludien | 14:21 |
13 - 18 | Sechs kleine Präludien | 6:05 |
19 - 25 | Kleine Präludien aus dem Klavierbüchlein für W.Fr. Bach | 9:15 |
26 - 32 | Kleine Fugen und Präludien mit Fughetten | 22:20 |
TOT.: 73:21 |
Two-Part inventions
No. 5 in E flat major BWV 776
VIDEO, 1'55 (10,6 Mb)
13. Juni 2009
www.mdr.de - MDR FIGARO | TAKE 5 klassisch
... In fact, Bacchetti is able to explore boundaries and, if necessary, to break them ...
July 2009
Piano - The pianist's record shelf
... Intensely personal, musically discriminating at a very high level, highly sophisticated pianistically ...
(Bettina Neumann)
September 2009
BBC Music Magazine - Review
DISC OF THE MONTH
... There are some very fine Bach keyboard players around, but I find his highly individual style uniquely enjoyable
and uplifting ... (Michael Tanner)
September 2009
www.musicweb-international.com - Review
BARGAIN OF THE MONTH
... Beautiful atmosphere and legato playing are again aspects of Bacchetti’s playing which bring me back every
time ... (Dominy Clements)
September 2009
Classic FM - Instrumental & Chamber
... More than two-and-a-half hours of Bach's solo keyboard music, sensitively played by Andrea Bacchetti... (Johnn Brunning)
September 2009
International Record Review - INSTRUMENTAL
Andrea Bacchetti's playing of Bach is fluid, fluent, flexible and melliflousy ...
(Stephen Pruslin)
September 2009
International Piano - CDS SELECTION
... his Bach playing well able to rank alongside the finest present-day exponents ... Strongly recommended ...
(Richard Whitehouse)
September 2009
American Record Guide - REVIEWS
... All fascinating stuff, impeccably recorded and a most enjoyable release ...
(Harrington)
October 2009
Gramophone - Reviews | Instrumental
... Bacchetti allows his luminous sonority to soar without pressure or fuss ... (Jed Distler)
ÕSZ 2009
Gramofon - KLASSZIKUS-HANGLEMEZ
... based on his very favorable critical response, I expected him to be a significant Bach pianist ...
(Molnár Szabolcs)
Octubre 2009
Ritmo - Discos Critica - de la A a la Z
... herefore, a Cd to take into account, and a pianist
clearly to follow.
(J.C.G.)
Octubre 2009
Diverdi - Antigua
... more than 150 minutes of musicality and sound beauty
(Luis José Rodriguez Viejo)
November 2009
The Record Jeiutsu - CD Reviews
... a splendid execution, which also reveals a certain measured sumptuousness ... (Tami Nodaira)
Noviembre 2009
Scherzo - "Hacia la Esencia"
... In short, an extremely interesting approach that promotes the poetics of the baroque ... through a sensitive and
solid musician ... (Emili Blasco)
Januar 2010
Fono Forum - Kritiken: klavier
... Bacchetti reconciles the Bach purists with the grand piano ...
(Richard Lorber)
Januar 2010
Piano News - Höreindruck
... rather affects are in the foreground in Bacchetti's playing ...
(Anja Renczikowski)
January 2010
Fanfare - Archive, Cd Review
Here is some enjoyable Bach playing ... Recommended
(Phillip Scott)
31 de enero 2010
ABC - Discos
... clear, diaphanous and coherent this music that sounds interesting ...
(Alberto Gonzáles Lapuente)
February 2010
Musica Università - L'angolo delle novità, CD
... Crystalline clarity, softness of touch and respect for the text, always with great elegance. Exemplary
19 de februero 2010
www.mondoclasico.com - Fiebre bachiana
... that poetic Bachian ritual in which formal perfection becomes magical beauty.
(Ignacio González Pintos)
March 2010
SUONO - Reviews
... the elected musical consonance between the luminous grandeur of the text and the enlightened intelligence that guides
Bacchetti's hand ...
(Umberto Padroni)
July 2010
Fedeltà del Suono - CDs Classical
... an incomparable technical safety and a stylistic sensibility of high depth ...
(Luigi Bellingardi)
July 2010
Classic VoiceCLASSIC VOICE GOLD
August 2010
Muzyka 21 - PLYTOTEKA
... Bacchetti: focused, modest, simple, and at the same time beautiful and masterful, vividly speaking to the recipient ... (Pawel Chmielowski)
September 8th, 2010
www.amazon.com - Customer reviews
... I strongly recommend these recordings and look forward to hearing so much more ...
(fCh - GMT-5, USA)
January 2011
Il Giornale della Musica - Culture | Classica
... rigorous, lucid, aware readings ... soft and luminous touch, extreme clarity, highly refined technique, a touch of
lovable humor ... (Maurizio Giani)
August 24th, 2011
www.classical-music.com - Interview
Andrea Bacchetti's latest recording of Bach's great set of variations is one of the most wonderful things I have ever heard ... (Rebecca Franks)
2011
The Penguin Guide 1000 Finest Classical Recordings
... Bacchetti plays them with spontaneous freshness and plenty of expressive life, and these two discs make very appealing listening ...
(March, Greenfield, Layton, Czajkoski)
October 15th, 2014
www.amazon.com - Customer reviews
... Bacchetti offers the listener, Bachian masterpieces of great charm ... that touches the heart
(TWA Corbies)