Concertos, Keyboard Concertos, Bach, J S (composer)
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I expected this to be good; but just how good it was was still a surprise…Ólafsson creates a ravishing musical sequence. Every track has its own allure, and many reflect a virtuosity which is... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Solo Recital (piano)
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Instrumental
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Esfahani exhibits a mastery of large-scale swing and fastidiously shaped, expressive detail. —
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[His] supple sensitivity underpins a formidable yet remarkably unshowy expressive power...Feuillâtre’s acute musical intelligence allies with frequent ornamentation...It ’s an exquisite, joyfully... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st March 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Newcomer
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Special offer. Dynastie: Bach Concertos
RecommendedJean Rondeau (harpsichord), Sophie Gent, Louis Creac'h (violin), Fanny Paccoud (viola), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (contrabass) & Evolène Kiener (bassoon)
This spirited and eloquently ornamented playing serves the music of JS Bach and three of his sons uncommonly well —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Concerto
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Special offer. Vivaldi & Bach: 12 Concertos, Op. 3 ‘l’estro Armonico’
RecommendedConcerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
Having previously tackled Vivaldi’s operas, a vibrant sense of theatre clings to Alessandrini’s every interpretative decision; and while he’s typically all over the detail, he never loses sight... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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it's a superlative performance [of Alborada del gracioso] by any standards, including repeated notes that turn me green with envy. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd September 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Bach Harpsichord Concertos Part III
RecommendedFrancesco Corti (harpsichord), Andrea Buccarella (harpsichord), Emmanuel Laporte (oboe), Il Pomo d'Oro
So is [Corti's reconstruction] a success? Listening to it here in context with three other authentic Bach concertos, I find myself not only accepting it at face value, but actually enjoying... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd July 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Stokowski's Symphonic Bach, Volume 2
Works by J S Bach, orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski
BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert
Extraordinary how Bach's influence on later composers can suddenly snap into focus in Stokowski's ingenious orchestrations - Brahms, Mendelssohn and Mahler are among the allusions. Excellent... —
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard Vol. 4
Alla Veneziana
Benjamin Alard (harpsichord, organ)
With more than three hours of music, this three-disc set is not be consumed at one or even two sittings: it’s like a vast ornamental garden with many side-avenues which the listener is encouraged... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Bach, J S: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1-7 BWV1052-1058
RecommendedAndreas Staier (harpsichord)
Freiburger Barockorchester
They’ve recorded all seven of Bach’s concertos from his Liepzig years with a sense of playfulness and dynamic interplay … outstanding communication between them all in the seven Bach concertos... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2015, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Building a Library, October 2018, Recommended Recording
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