Rating: 5/5
Review :
An excellent recording
This is another excellent recording from Richard Egarr, who
is now well established as one of the world's leading harpsichord players.
Bach's keyboard Partitas contain some truly wonderful,
inventive writing. In his extremely detailed
notes, Egarr dissects the pieces and shows the extraordinary patterns and
symbolism contained within them. Whether
or not you accept all of the numerology, it makes fascinating reading and
illuminates this extraordinary music which, whatever complex architecture may
underpin it, sounds completely natural when played and is a delight to listen
to.
Egarr plays it beautifully.
He catches the essential pulse of Bach, dances where he ought to and
gives us real clarity of individual lines while blending the whole into a
lovely, balanced overall sound. I
already have very, very fine recordings of these works by Angela Hewitt and
Murray Perahia on the piano and by Trevor Pinnock and Christophe Rousset on the
harpsichord, but I am very glad to have this, too and I expect it to become
just as well-loved.
The recording is very good, capturing the rich sound of
Egarr's harpsichord very well, and the presentation is attractive. This is an excellent set all round, and I can
recommend it very warmly.
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