Bach, J S - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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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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more like an than a rejection of his youthful preoccupations...Schiff's Bach sings and dances, and has a clarity derived from a mesmerising touch and an aversion to the sustain pedal. The crucial... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th December 2012
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Wary as I am of superlatives, I can claim without hesitation that Ewa Pobłocka’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 encompasses some of the greatest and most fulfilling Bach pianism on record...Her... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Recording of the Month
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To extract colour and atmosphere from a harpsichord is a much bigger challenge than to do so from a Steinway, but Esfahani brings a pleasantly varied palette to his task...This a plain and straightforward... —
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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There is nothing extravagant, idiosyncratic or exceptional about this recording except its infallible good taste….The results, even-tempered and sensible, are a recording that can serve as a... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Time and again you are left to admire the way he never burdens Bach's transparency and profundity with a portentous or heavy air of significance. Touchingly and admirably, he always allows... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, Disc of the month
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The harpsichord is a particular delight, a modest instrument, with only two eight-foot manuals. Built by Christian Vater and preserved in Nuremberg, it has a precise, silvery tone, mixed with... —
