Jeremy Denk - Bach: Partitas Nos. 3, 4 & 6 '2011

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 : I. Fantasia
02. Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 : II. Allemande
03. Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 : III. Corrente
04. Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 : IV. Sarabande
05. Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 : V. Burlesca
06. Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 : VI. Scherzo
07. Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 : VII. Gigue
08. Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 : I. Ouverture
09. Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 : II. Allemande
10. Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 : III. Courante
11. Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 : IV. Aria
12. Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 : V. Sarabande
13. Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 : VI. Menuet
14. Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 : VII. Gigue
15. Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 : I. Toccata
16. Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 : II. Allemande
17. Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 : III. Corrente
18. Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 : IV. Air
19. Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 : V. Sarabande
20. Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 : VI. Tempo di gavotta
21. Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 : VII. Gigue



American pianist Jeremy Denk has gained notice for an unusually well-written and
often funny blog (search for Think Denk) and for often difficult programming: he
once played Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" Sonata and Ives' "Concord" Sonata
together in the same evening. He has often championed contemporary music. Here,
recording for the small Azica label in the classical music-rich city of
Cleveland, OH, Denk sticks closer to the middle of the road with a fine trio of
Bach partitas that will appeal to listeners who want a piano version, and a
pianistic version, but may be averse to the high-calorie, defiantly neo-Romantic
Bach readings that have been making the rounds. Denk uses articulation, and uses
it inventively, to shape his dance movements more often than he uses the pedal,
which is reserved mostly for climactic passages and for big sustained-note
movements like the Allemande of the Partita No. 4 for keyboard in D major, BWV
828, where Denk achieves a sustained lyricism. The articulations are fresh, and
there may be a few that rub some listeners the wrong way, but Denk has the
lively quality, suggestive of approaching the music for the first time, that's
so important in Bach; the focus is on the counterpoint throughout, and the left
hand never gets lost in the mix. The most important thing is that you always
feel like you're listening to Bach, not proto-Chopin. Recommended. 

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