Mon, 04 Jul 2005
Bach, Concertos
JS Bach, The Keyboard Concertos - 1
BWV1052, BWV1058,
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Triple Concerto
and The Keyboard Concertos - 2
BWV1053, BWV1054, BWV1055, BWV1056, BWV1057
Angela Hewitt
Australian Chamber Orchestra
2 CD's, Hyperion
A virtuoso Canadian piano player who lives in London, the
Sydney, Australia, Symphony Orchestra, and a fine Italian piano
in an Australian town hall, are the ingredients for this very
fine recording of Bach's keyboard concertos. Originally, they
were not, of course, performed on a piano, but on a harpsichord,
and there might be Early Music fans that lament this, but this
is a very tasteful rendering and the egoistic highjinks that are
sometimes part of the piano player's reperiore are missing.
The interesting program notes are by Angella Hewitt herself,
which is a nice touch. Hewitt is actually an accomplished
Bach scholar in her own right, so this is entirely justified.
One thing she mentions is that if you were to copy all J.S. Bach's
works, it would take you a lifetime!
(Count K)
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