Release Date: 24 June 2009
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 028947669913
Genres: Classical
Description
Following the completion of his highly-praised Beethoven cycle, Andras Schiff returns to Bach with a superb interpretation of the six Partitas, recorded live in September 2007 at Neumarkt Reitstadl, one of the best piano music venues in Europe.
"Andras Schiff is probably the most ingenious and resourceful performer of Bach on the modern piano around today" said the San Francisco Chronicle. Schiff's playing on stage combines spontaneity and intellectual depth, ravishing sound with flawless technical finish. The cycle, which in 1731 was the first group of works to be published by Bach himself, represents a unique stylistic synthesis of the suite form with a particular emphasis on most varied and imaginative opening movements. Compared to his London studio recording of 1983 this second rendering on disc demonstrates Schiff's stylistic development towards more freedom, sonic depth and sheer pleasure of phrasing. The pianist's rather unorthodox sequence of the partitas - 5 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 6 - draws an ascending line of keys leading from G major to e minor and reflects a long experience with the pieces in concert.
Personnel: Andras Schiff (piano)
Tracklisting
Various artists
Yuval Cohen Quartet
Thomas Stronen; Craig Taborn; Chris Potter; Sinikka Langeland; Jorge Rossy
Stephan Micus
Rainer Bruninghaus
Paul Bley
Mathias Eick; Kristjan Randalu; Ole Morten Vagan; Hans Hulbaekmo
Julia Hulsmann Quartet
Andras Schiff
Andras Schiff
Andras Schiff
Andras Schiff
Andras Schiff
Andras Schiff
Andras Schiff
Andras Schiff
