I don’t think the scholars have yet argued that, among the ear-stretching range of moods and effects encompassed across these 24 pieces, comes a spooky anticipation of Seattle grunge. Listening to ...
Whereas the Decca Book 2 E major Prelude gradually slows down under its suave surface, the leaner remake maintains tempo, complemented by an equally fluid yet more austere Fugue. By contrast, the ...
Not only across the whole span of the 24 keys, from C major to B minor, but even within the four or five minutes of a single prelude-fugue couple, Bach can take you from the solemn polyphony of a ...
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movements: Book 2 BWV870-893 Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano It is 11 years since Pierre-Laurent Aimard recorded Book 1 of The Well-Tempered ...
The famous conductor Hans von Bülow, slightly less famous as a pianist now and nearly forgotten as a composer, remains most present to modern music lovers either as the jilted husband of Cosima von ...