JS Bach: The Toccatas
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd August 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
Under Mahan Esfahani’s fleet fingers, and even fleeter imagination, the toccatas positively fly.
JS Bach: The Toccatas
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd August 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
Under Mahan Esfahani’s fleet fingers, and even fleeter imagination, the toccatas positively fly.
About
The exuberant vitality of Bach’s toccatas—works which the young composer probably wrote to demonstrate his own brilliance and technique as a performer—here provides the perfect showcase for the interpretative flair of Mahan Esfahani.
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Spotlight on this release
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Mahan Esfahani plays Bach Toccatas
2nd Aug 2019
David enjoys Mahan Esfahani's exhilarating recording of Bach's seven keyboard toccatas, BWV910-916.
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Mahan Esfahani on Bach's Toccatas
2nd Aug 2019
The Iranian-American harpsichordist talks to David about his new album, featuring lively accounts of the seven keyboard toccatas by JS Bach.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week2nd August 2019
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BBC Music MagazineOctober 2019Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the YearWinner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards2019Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
October 2019
Under Mahan Esfahani’s fleet fingers, and even fleeter imagination, the toccatas positively fly.
January/February 2020
the instrument itself sounds great, rich and clear, but with just a little bite; Hyperion’s recording is clean and well balanced, as usual.
September 2019
A wonderful disc... Throughout the disc Mahan Esfahani’s playing is excellent, his is a well-judged performance, a reading full of rhythmic intensity and tenderness when called for
2nd August 2019
What really sets this album apart is not his fingerwork but the way he exploits the capabilities of his instrument to also bring out the drama in these showy works...his account of the seven toccatas is an exhilarating ride in the harpsichord equivalent of a souped-up sports car, driven by surely the finest and most assured driver alive today.
4th August 2019
Esfahani, who explains their complex history in a detailed essay, has made his own new performing edition and reveals these familiar pieces to have mysteries we may never have suspected.
classicalsource.com August 2019
Esfahani rightly draws contrasts in tempo, register, and character between one section and the next to bring these works to life.
