Instrumental, Lute Solos, Bach, J S (composer)
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Shibe applies the musical and interpretative qualities that characterise its predecessors – energy, reflection, eclecticism, integration and emotional candour – to remind us that Bach might... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd May 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Instrumental
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The seven ‘Friedemann’ preludes sound especially effective as rendered on the clavichord by Esfahani, his intimate fluctuations of dynamic and tempo drawn out with beguiling freedom and sensitivity... —
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 8: Köthen, 1717-1723 - For Maria Barbara
Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments)
It’s the sort of music-making that, its intellectual grasp notwithstanding, clearly emanates from the heart. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Instrumental
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Julian Bream plays Dowland and Bach
Edith Steinbauer (treble viol), Beatrice Reichert (alto viol), Frieda Litschauer (tenor viol), Ernst Knava (bass viol), Julian Bream (lute/guitar)
The Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
…Bream's genius transcends all. Whether it's in the astonishing intensity of Dowland's Melancholy Galliard and Forlorn Hope Fancy or in the finely proportioned sense of pace and drama in Bach's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2008, Re-issue of the Month
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Undeterred by their somewhat hazy provenance – outlined in some excellent accompanying notes – Evangelina Mascardi produces consistently idiomatic performances on three agreeably resonant copies... —
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In both suites he communicates with assurance the sequence of dances which follow the preludes though, partly no doubt through force of habit, I found myself every now and again yearning for... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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the performances here are sprightly, clear and sensible. Nepomnyashchaya keeps to tight parameters when it comes to registration and ornamentation, nothing too adventurous or beyond the bounds... —
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All fascinating stuff, impeccably recorded and a most enjoyable release —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2009, Disc of the month
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