Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Amazon.com Sergey Schepkin, a young Russian pianist based in Boston for the past decade, has built a following for his exciting Bach interpretations. This set should enhance his reputation, for it's beautifully played and interpretively convincing, though Schepkin's modern Steinway will annoy period-instrument fans, as will his expressive style. His Bach is rhythmically alive, wonderfully articulated, and tonally resplendent. Preludes are infused with feeling, but melodies sing freely. Fugues are well balanced, inner voices exploited even as main subjects are given their full due. The wealth of detail recalls Glenn Gould without his mannerisms; the overall approach is reminiscent of the Russian school of Feinberg and Richter without their hints of romantic excess. Well recorded, too, this is among the best accounts of an endlessly fascinating work. --Dan Davis Product Description TRACK LISTING Johann Sebastian Bach The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I CD 1 1-2 Prelude I/Fugue I (4-part) in C Major, BWV 846 3-4 Prelude II/Fugue II (3-part) in C Minor, BWV 847 5-6 Prelude III/Fugue III (3-part) in C-sharp Major, BWV 848 7-8 Prelude IV/Fugue IV (5-part) in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849 9-10 Prelude V/Fugue V (4-part) in D Major, BWV 850 11-12 Prelude VI/Fugue VI (3-part) in D Minor, BWV 851 13-14 Prelude VII/Fugue VII (3-part) in E-flat Major, BWV 852 15-16 Prelude VIII in E-flat Minor/ Fugue VIII (3-part) in D-sharp Minor, BWV 853 17-18 Prelude IX/Fugue IX (3-part) in E Major, BWV 854 19-20 Prelude X/Fugue X (2-part) in E Minor, BWV 855 21-22 Prelude XI/Fugue XI (3-part) in F Major, BWV 856 23-24 Prelude XII/Fugue XII (4-part) in F Minor, BWV 857 CD 2 1-2 Prelude XIII/Fugue XIII (3-part) in F-sharp Major, BWV 858 3-4 Prelude XIV/Fugue XIV (5-part) in F-sharp Minor, BWV 859 5-6 Prelude XV/Fugue XV (3-part) in G Major, BWV 860 7-8 Prelude XVI/Fugue XVI (4-part) in G Minor, BWV 861 9-10 Prelude XVII/Fugue XVII (4-part) in A-flat Major, BWV 862 11-12 Prelude XVIII/Fugue XVIII (4-part) in G-sharp Minor, BWV 863 13-14 Prelude XIX/Fugue XIX (3-part) in A Major, BWV 864 15-16 Prelude XX/Fugue XX (4-part) in A Minor, BWV 865 17-18 Prelude XXI/Fugue XXI (3-part) in B-flat Major, BWV 866 19-20 Prelude XXII/Fugue XXII (5-part) in B-flat Minor, BWV 867 21-22 Prelude XXIII/Fugue XXIII (4-part) in B Major, BWV 868 23-24 Prelude XXIV/Fugue XXIV (4-part) in B Minor, BWV 869 SERGEY SCHEPKIN The Russian-American pianist Sergey Schepkin has performed, to great acclaim, in many countries of the world in such venues and on such series as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Great Performers Series at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Bank of America Celebrity Series in Boston, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, the LACMA and Maestro Series in Los Angeles, the Grand Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, among many others. He has won particular praise for his performances and recordings of J.S. Bach, and was hailed by The New York Times as \'a formidable Bach pianist . . . [who] plays with the passion and drama of a young Glenn Gould.\' \'No one who loves Bach can afford not to listen to these performances,\' Fanfare magazine wrote about Schepkin\'s recording of Bach\'s Partitas. International Piano judged his recording of the First Book of Bach\'s Well-Tempered Clavier as one of the best ever made, along with those of Edwin Fischer and Sviatoslav Richter, and Amazon.com proclaimed: \'For Bach Partitas, he is it.\' The Essential Listening Companion catalog considered Schepkin\'s recording of Bach\'s \'Goldberg\' Variations as one of the top three recordings of that work on the piano along with the one by András Schiff and the 1981 version by Glenn Gould. The American Record Guide deemed Schepkin \'the major Bach interpreter of his generation.\' Schepkin's immense repertoire includes most important works of keyboard and chamber literature written over the past four hundred years. The pianist is particularly fond of Romantic and Russian works. The New York Times deemed him \'a Romantic firebrand\' and \'an estimable Brahmsian,\' while the New York Sun proclaimed his performance of Mussorgsky\'s \'Pictures at an Exhibition\' at New York\'s Bargemusic one of the best performances of 2004. The Boston Globe defined Schepkin as \'an artist of uncommon, almost singular capability and integrity... [who] synthesizes the most diverse approaches and insights.\' Schepkin has performed with the St. Petersburg (Russia) and Oslo Philharmonics, the Norwegian Broadcasting Symphony, and the Boston Pops under Karsten Andersen, Nikolai Alexeev, Vladislav Chernushenko, Christian Knapp, Keith Lockhart, Eduard Serov, and Vasily Sinaisky. A passionate chamber player, he has performed with many outstanding instrumentalists, including the Borromeo, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, New Zealand, and Vilnius string quartets. He was a founding member of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of
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