Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)- Works for pianoand orchestra
Notiziario Sound and Music, october 2006

ARTS presents a very beautiful anthology of pianistic works performed by Andrea Bacchetti, a Genoese pianist who is not 30 yeasr old, yet, and who became famous when he was very young. … a record of great beauty, which must be absolutely listened to

Bacchetti in a double part travels with Mendelssohn
La Repubblica, november 3^rd, 2006 - (Roberto Iovino)

...Bacchetti has been for years an outstanding name in not only national pianistic scenery, besides an intense concert activity, he can boast a rich record production, for example he recorded two authors that are far away from each other as far as time is concerned: Bach and Berio, two authors he loved very much. Instead the out coming of a new CD is recent, a work where the young artist shows himself in the double part of conductor of the Prague Chamber Orchestra and of pianist, for an interesting journey into Mendelssohn’s compositions ... Irreproachable as for technique, Bacchetti is well followed by the Orchestra, and he assures a deep and flexible reading in search for sound, confirming himself as a complete pianist, endowed with a rare interpretative sensitivity.

Take this man into your arms!
tokafi.com/newsitems/cd-feature-andrea-bacchetti-mendelssohn/view
November 16^th, 2006  by Thomas Fischer

On Andrea Bacchetti's homepage, next to an endless list of trophies, competitions, prizes, medals ... there is a page with pictures of him as he meets some of his fans and idols: Sviatoslav Richter, Luciano Berio and harpist Marielle Nordman (seemingly uncertain about who is giving an autograph to whom here). But the most expressive foto by far is the one which features, him with out-of-the-ordinary American pianist Uri Caine, Uri holding his copy of Bacchetti's "Berio" CD into the camera and embracing tiny Andrea as though he were his son. Quite instinctively one senses that there is something about this man that makes you want to take him into your arms.
As an alternative to perusing the web for more such visual treasures, you could simply listen to his latest recording, his second on the fine German label ARTS and a collection of Mendelssohn's works for Piano and Orchestra. Bacchetti handles conducting duties as well on this, which is of special interest as we are talking about a live recording, taped in Milano in early 2004 with the Prague Chamber Orchestra. This multiple role of soloist, metronome and inner ear is a hard one, a fragile balance between conflicting interests and even more so with Mendelssohn, whose music can easily be played to pieces by the piano or superficially sugarcoated by an overly enthusiastic ensemble. Remarkably enough, the result is none of the above and instead thus perfectly executed that one has the simultaneous sensation of being seated in a huge concert hall and inside an intimate circle of friends. Bacchetti, too, keeps the duality of the pieces alive, their sudden leaps from unfettered optimism into sighs of sadness, from happiness into defeatism, from major to minor and from near-silence into jubilant exultation. The euphonous approaches of many of his colleagues towards this composer are certainly not entirely ill-advised, but it is refreshing to listen to someone without the typical flatline-vision, especially when it is delivered with such zeal and zest. It all comes together in the two-part B major Serenata, with its bittersweet opening and a rhythmically moved, playful finale - Andrea's smooth and clear intonation, his seamless. Keyboard sprints and his unique touch between the directness of Baroque and the dreaminess of Romanticism. You'd sometimes wish for the applause to be cut a little later, so you can join in.
There is something simultaneously fragile and extremely powerful about this disc and that is maybe a good picture for the artist as well. Bacchetti knows what he wants and how to get it, but behind this determined mask he is still a boy with a childlike curiosity, in constant search for the perfect sound and with the orchestra his gang of mates, out to conquer the world together. You just want to take him into your arms for that.

Bacchetti plays and conduct
il giornale della musica, december 2006 - (r.i.)

... in the double role of conductor of Prague Chamber Orchestra and pianist, Bacchetti - irreproachable as for technique – is well followed by the Orchestra and he assures a deep and very flexible reading in the search for sound. ...