Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccatas for Piano, BWV 910-916
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GEN 12250 EAN: 4260036252507
1.9.2012Special offer18.90 € 16.90 €
Wild, impetuous, rocking, fantastic – in short, Johann Sebastian Bach. That's how one could summarise Stepan Simonian's GENUIN Debut CD. All seven Bach Toccatas for piano are on it, works that have led a wallflower existence on the record shelves compared to other keyboard works of this great master. Are they not written skilfully enough? Not sufficiently developed? When one listens closely to the virtuoso playing of the 2010 Bach Prize winner, these commentaries dissolve into thin air. The music flashes and sparkles, large arches are formed and polished details are presented to the delighted listener… Groove factor: very high!
American Record Guide
"...this release strikes me as one of the more exciting accounts of Bach’s toccatas on piano."
Review on the American Record Guide by Rob Haskins, January 2013
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- Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in F-sharp minor, BWV 910 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in C minor, BWV 911 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in D major, BWV 912 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in D minor, BWV 913 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in G minor, BWV 915 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in G major, BWV 916
Wild, impetuous, rocking, fantastic – in short, Johann Sebastian Bach. That's how one could summarise Stepan Simonian's GENUIN Debut CD. All seven Bach Toccatas for piano are on it, works that have led a wallflower existence on the record shelves compared to other keyboard works of this great master. Are they not written skilfully enough? Not sufficiently developed? When one listens closely to the virtuoso playing of the 2010 Bach Prize winner, these commentaries dissolve into thin air. The music flashes and sparkles, large arches are formed and polished details are presented to the delighted listener… Groove factor: very high!
American Record Guide
"...this release strikes me as one of the more exciting accounts of Bach’s toccatas on piano."
Review on the American Record Guide by Rob Haskins, January 2013