Angela Hewitt Bach
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Hewitt…take full advantage of the piano's potential, including its middle (sostenuto) pedal; for that mighty tonic pedal below the final harmonies of Fugue in A minor. Her quiet sustained... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice
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Here is an attractive recital of five varied pieces or suites of pieces, familiar and not so familiar, played with Hewitt's expected intelligence and finish and not a little verve. In her very... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2001, Editor's Choice
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Angela Hewitt's approach may be gleaned from her refreshingly lucid annotation, or simply by listening to what she does. 'A skilful player can [bring out the different voices] with different... —
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Building a Library, February 2009, Piano Choice
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As Angela Hewitt tells us in her exemplary accompanying essay, Bach's Toccatas were inspired by Buxtehude's 'stylus fantasticus – a very unrestrained and free way of composing, using dramatic... —
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Admirers of Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt's lightly articulated and elegantly phrased Bach playing won't be disappointed by this recording.
These qualities characterise the playing of each... —Awards:
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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if you've ever shuddered at the extremes of expression, interpretation, tempi and noises-off in Gould's Bach, then Hewitt should be a profound pleasure...That's not to say that there isn't effervescent,... —
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Building a Library, January 2004, First Choice
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J.S Bach: The Keyboard Concertos 1
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti
These are not entirely modern-instrument performances.
Angela Hewitt includes, as she says, 'a harpsichord in its traditional role as continuo'.
Combining old and new isn't unusual because in... —Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2005, Disc of the Month
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CD
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Even the most out-and-out purists who blench at the thought of Bach on the piano will find it hard not to be won over by Angela Hewitt's artistry. Eschewing all hieratic pretentiousness on the... —
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Everything has been deeply considered. Everything works. Hewitt makes a beautiful, limpid sound; her ornaments are exquisitely precise as well as sounding natural; she uses the subtle shadings... —
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Building a Library, December 2000, Piano Choice
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