Alessandro Deljavan - J.S. Bach: Toccatas '2016

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Toccata in D Major, BWV 912
02. Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914
03. Toccata in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 910
04. Toccata in G Major, BWV 916
05. Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911
06. Toccata in D Minor, BWV 913
07. Toccata in G Minor, BWV 915



A Toccata (from Italian toccare, "to touch") is a virtuoso piece of music
typically for a keyboard featuring fast‐moving, lightly fingered or
otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal
interludes, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the performer's fingers.
Originating in Renaissance Italy the Toccata travelled North and in
Bach’s time it was an important form of keyboard writing. Bach’s
seven Toccatas are highly intricate, “pianistically” elaborate
works, in free, quasi‐improvisatory style, demanding a high level of
virtuosity. This is the perfect repertoire for young Italian ALESSANDRO
DELJAVAN, one of the most remarkable and original pianists of today. He lets his
imagination free reign, is eloquent in the recitativestyle episodes, shows his
incredible sense of polyphony in the fugues and displays a blinding and
glittering pianism in the virtuoso sections: spellbinding! 

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