Originally posted by Pulcinella
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BaL 28.9.24 - JS Bach: English suites (BVW 806–811) [piano]
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View PostSomewhat to my surprise I’m liking the Angela Hewitt A minor Prelude English Suite most of all the excerpts played so far . The first that avoids the sewing machine effect - lovely ebb and flow to the playing.
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Was Lucy Parham just slightly bland? I felt A McG trying to push her to be more incisive and insightful at times, e.g. the characterisation of Gould's playing was vague, more about his singing along than his eschewal of legato or clarity of counterpoint or absence of pedal.
The long view, the balancing of character and tempi across a suite, didn't come up.
I don't think I'd want a piano recording of these pieces, but of the final two I thought Perahia won hands down (literally!), with a much more characterful touch and colour.
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Originally posted by Retune View PostI look forward to comparing Schiff and Perahia properly. Schiff was great in that last Gigue from #6 though, which sounded strikingly 'modern'. He might almost have been playing something like Ligeti's Devil's Staircase étude.
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I wonder if Schiff has any plans to revisit the Suites, as he has already done with the Goldbergs, Partitas and the WTC in recent years? I suppose his next Bach release will be the Art of Fugue (which reminds me - I hope he's recovering well from the broken leg that stopped him playing it at the Proms).
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Originally posted by silvestrione View Post…of the final two I thought Perahia won hands down (literally!), with a much more characterful touch and colour.
Being familiar with the two ‘finalists’, the discovery for me in this BAL was the Feltsman which I intend to explore further."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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