In 2005 won Rafal Blechacz de International Chopin Piano Competition en eerder bracht hij al goed ontvangen albums met werken van o.a. Chopin, Debussy, Mozart en Beethoven uit. Nu keert hij terug naar zijn jeugdliefde Bach, wiens werken hij als kerkorganist veel speelde. Maar ook op de piano laat Blechacz horen een uitmuntend Bach-vertolker te zijn, met fraai transparant spel wat met name het Italiaanse concert BWV971 ten goede komt. Ook het arrangement van de cantate Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben wordt zeer overtuigend gespeeld.
Johann Sebastian Bach - Rafał Blechacz
Bach, J S:
Italian Concerto, BWV971
Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV825
Duets Nos. 1-4, BWV802-805
Fantasia in A minor, BWV944
Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV827
Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude
arr. Hess
Rafał Blechacz (piano)
“Blechacz is a superlative pianist” BBC Music Magazine
Celebrated by his Chopin awarded recordings and cited by critics as one of those talents that only come along every few decades - has now turned to Bach. The now 31-year-old winner of the 2005 International Chopin Piano Competition, has been immersed in Bach since his childhood and has cultivated a strikingly natural eloquence in his mature interpretations of the composer’s keyboard works.
This is the perfect album to show his versatility and fine knowledge of the works of the composer.
Rafal’s interpretation flows not least from his formative experience as an organist. Young Rafał cut his musical teeth on Bach’s principal instrument, playing organ for several years before turning full time to piano. In addition to playing for services at the main church in his hometown of Nakło nad Notecią, he also gave occasional recitals there long after becoming a pianist.
Tracks
Disc 1
1. I. Allegro (Original Version)
2. Ii. Andante (Original Version)
3. Iii. Presto (Original Version)
4. Prelude (Original Version)
5. Allemande (Original Version)
6. Courante (Original Version)
7. Sarabande (Original Version)
8. Menuet I & Ii (Original Version)
9. Gigue (Original Version)
10. 1. Duetto In E Minor, Bwv 802 (Original Version)
11. 2. Duetto In F Major, Bwv 803 (Original Version)
12. 3. Duetto In G Major, Bwv 804 (Original Version)
13. 4. Duetto In A Minor, Bwv 805 (Original Version)
14. Fantasia (Fantasy And Fugue In A Minor, Bwv 944)
15. Fugue (Fantasy And Fugue In A Minor, Bwv 944)
16. Fantasia (Original Version)
17. Allemande (Original Version)
18. Corrente (Original Version)
19. Sarabande (Original Version)
20. Burlesca (Original Version)
21. Scherzo (Original Version)
22. Gigue (Original Version)
23. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (Arranged For Piano By Dame Myra Hess)
