Bach (Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier I
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Composer or Director: Johann Sebastian Bach
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Alpha
Magazine Review Date: 4/2006
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 139
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: ALPHA087
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: C, BWV846 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: C minor, BWV847 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: C sharp, BWV848 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: C sharp minor, BWV849 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: D, BWV850 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: D minor, BWV851 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: E flat, BWV852 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: E flat minor/D sharp minor, BWV853 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: E, BWV854 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: E minor, BWV855 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: F, BWV856 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: F minor, BWV857 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: F sharp, BWV858 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: F sharp minor, BWV859 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: G, BWV860 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: G minor, BWV861 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: A flat, BWV862 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: G sharp minor, BWV863 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: A, BWV864 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: A minor, BWV865 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: B flat, BWV866 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: B flat minor, BWV867 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: B, BWV868 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: B minor, BWV869 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Andreï Vieru, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
Composer or Director: Johann Sebastian Bach
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Classico
Magazine Review Date: 4/2006
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 140
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CLASSCD656
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(6) Partitas |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Sverre Larsen, Piano |
Author: Nalen Anthoni
In contrast, Sverre Larson’s fingerwork is unimpeachable (the tuning of his instrument or its mildly cramped reproduction might not be to all tastes) and reassuringly consistent. Less reassuring is a recurring tendency to casualness about the music, often effortlessly skating over it; and Partita No 1 offers an example where the Allemande, a moderately slow dance, is mechanically swift, the Courante and Gigue rattled off as exercises. Articulation is unvaried and note patterns are sparsely shaped, even in the Sarabande.
But mixed in with much that is uninspiring or cavalier are the moments when Larsen sheds what appears to be a series of formulas and gives vent to his imagination. Finer feelings are heard in the expressive Allemande of No 4, in the contrasts between rhetoric and formality in the Toccata of No 6, where the Allemande and Sarabande also benefit from consideration given to dynamic shading and apposite tempi. They show that Larsen could have produced a set to reckon with.
Angela Hewitt offers one such, complemented by Robert Woolley on harpsichord (Chandos, 11/98 – nla), an instrument that so often gets a lousy recording but not on this occasion.
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