Johann Sebastian Bach Rafal Blechacz

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Album-Release:
2017

HRA-Release:
10.02.2017

Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

Artist: Rafal Blechacz

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Italian Concerto In F Major, BWV 971:
  • 1Italian Concerto In F Major, BWV 971: 1. (Allegro)03:53
  • 2Italian Concerto In F Major, BWV 971: 2. Andante04:56
  • 3Italian Concerto In F Major, BWV 971: 3. Presto03:33
  • Partita No.1 In B Flat Major, BWV 825:
  • 4Partita No.1 In B Flat Major, BWV 825: Prelude01:48
  • 5Partita No.1 In B Flat Major, BWV 825: Allemande02:20
  • 6Partita No.1 In B Flat Major, BWV 825: Courante02:21
  • 7Partita No.1 In B Flat Major, BWV 825: Sarabande04:43
  • 8Partita No.1 In B Flat Major, BWV 825: Menuet I & II02:39
  • 9Partita No.1 In B Flat Major, BWV 825: Gigue01:57
  • 4 Duettos:
  • 104 Duettos: 1. Duetto In E Minor, BWV 80202:44
  • 114 Duettos: 2. Duetto In F Major, BWV 80302:42
  • 124 Duettos: 3. Duetto In G Major, BWV 80402:22
  • 134 Duettos: 4. Duetto In A Minor, BWV 80502:08
  • Fantasia & Fugue In A Minor, BWV 944:
  • 14Fantasia & Fugue In A Minor, BWV 944: Fantasia00:44
  • 15Fantasia & Fugue In A Minor, BWV 944: Fugue04:26
  • Partita No.3 In A Minor, BWV 827:
  • 16Partita No.3 In A Minor, BWV 827: Fantasia02:11
  • 17Partita No.3 In A Minor, BWV 827: Allemande03:44
  • 18Partita No.3 In A Minor, BWV 827: Corrente02:58
  • 19Partita No.3 In A Minor, BWV 827: Sarabande03:23
  • 20Partita No.3 In A Minor, BWV 827: Burlesca02:06
  • 21Partita No.3 In A Minor, BWV 827: Scherzo01:11
  • 22Partita No.3 In A Minor, BWV 827: Gigue03:01
  • Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147:
  • 23Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (Arr. For Piano By Myra Hess)04:03
  • Total Runtime01:05:53

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A new statement from Rafa Blechacz, one of the finest young pianists of his generation. 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 Rafa 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 Nak o nad Noteci , he also gave occasional recitals there long after becoming a pianist. I was fascinated by the organ, and many of my earliest musical memories are of listening to the organ in church, he recalls.

This album includes some real hit pieces like the Italian Concerto, one of Blechacz s signature pieces (... his reading was, above all, a model of textural transparency Portland Press Herald ), and the Partita No. 1 (... it was immediately clear from the first sweet, liquid notes that Blechacz is a musician in service to the music, searching its depths, exploring its meaning and probing its possibilities Washington Post ) or Jesu Joy of Men s Desiring

After a sabbatical in 2016 to finish his PhD in Philosophy in Poland, his schedule in 2017 will bring him to the USA, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, France and more.

Rafal Blechacz, piano


Rafal Blechacz
was born in Nakło nad Notecią, Poland, on 30 June 1985. At the age of five he began to learn the piano at a local music centre and three years later enrolled at Bydgoszcz’s Artur Rubinstein Music School. Between 1996 and 1999 he won the top awards at a number of Polish national piano competitions. In 2005 he was awarded first prize at the 15th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, and three special prizes: the Polish Radio Award for “Best Performance of the Mazurkas”, the Polish Chopin Society Award for “Best Polonaise Performance”, and the Warsaw Philharmonic Award for “Best Concerto Performance”. Addition­ally, he won the prize founded by Krystian Zimerman for “Best Sonata Per­formance”. Rafal recorded his first CD for Deutsche Grammophon in 2007 and since then has continued to rise in popularity, dazzling live audiences throughout the world.

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