Release Date: 30 August 2024
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571284484
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
A collection of miniatures centred around the sets of Inventions and Sinfonias which Bach wrote principally as teaching aids—of an extremely superior kind, it should be noted—to encourage any young keyboard player 'keen to learn'.
These joyous, enthralling accounts from Mahan Esfahani prove that there is a great deal more to them than that.
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"What an unfailingly delightful compilation it is....an enchanting programme, affectionately and intimately performed." - BBC Music Magazine
'If anything, it is the preludes that emerge with the greatest freshness as cameos of differing Bach keyboard styles, as if he were improvising them for us as private demonstrations, any of which could easily extend into something bigger.' – Gramophone
'If the Inventions are essentially dialogues, the Sinfonias nurture the art of conversation, and Esfahani is ever the eager conversationalist.' – BBC Music Magazine (5 stars)
Tracklisting
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nir Kabaretti
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
Steven Isserlis
The Nash Ensemble
MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Ivor Bolton
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton
Gothic Voices / Christopher Page
Mahan Esfahani, Carolyn Sampson
Mahan Esfahani
Mahan Esfahani, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Liebreich
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