Elisaveta Blumina - Bach: 21 Sonatas and Suites for Piano '2021

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Fantasie for Piano in C Minor, BWV 906
02. Partita No. 2 for Piano in C Minor, BWV 826: No. 1, Sinfonia - Grave adagio
03. Partita No. 2 for Piano in C Minor, BWV 826: No. 2, Allemande
04. Partita No. 2 for Piano in C Minor, BWV 826: No. 3, Courante
05. Partita No. 2 for Piano in C Minor, BWV 826: No. 4, Sarabande
06. Partita No. 2 for Piano in C Minor, BWV 826: No. 5, Rondeaux
07. Partita No. 2 for Piano in C Minor, BWV 826: No. 6, Capriccio
08. French Suite for Piano in E Major, BWV 817: No. 1, Allemande
09. French Suite for Piano in E Major, BWV 817: No. 2, Courante
10. French Suite for Piano in E Major, BWV 817: No. 3, Sarabande
11. French Suite for Piano in E Major, BWV 817: No. 4, Gavotte
12. French Suite for Piano in E Major, BWV 817: No. 5, Polonaise
13. French Suite for Piano in E Major, BWV 817: No. 6, Menuet
14. French Suite for Piano in E Major, BWV 817: No. 7, Bourrée
15. French Suite for Piano in E Major, BWV 817: No. 8, Gigue
16. English Suite No. 6 for Piano in D Minor, BWV 811: No. 1, Prélude
17. English Suite No. 6 for Piano in D Minor, BWV 811: No. 2, Allemande
18. English Suite No. 6 for Piano in D Minor, BWV 811: No. 3, Courante
19. English Suite No. 6 for Piano in D Minor, BWV 811: No. 4, Sarabande
20. English Suite No. 6 for Piano in D Minor, BWV 811: No. 5, Gavotte I, II
21. English Suite No. 6 for Piano in D Minor, BWV 811: No. 6, Gigue



Albert Einstein already knew: If you are looking for the world formula, you will
find it in Johann Sebastian Bach. This is true not only for the Art of the
Fugue, the Goldberg Variations or the St. Matthew Passion: here Elisaveta
Blumina presents a Bach of dance in a very personal piano album inspired by the
now legendary Steinway concert grand "Manfred Bürki" from 1901. Elisaveta
Blumina actually wanted to become a ballerina - but much to her chagrin at the
time and our delight today, she was discarded from the company as a towering
teenager - despite great talent. She nevertheless retained her unerring sense of
momentum and rhythm as a pianist, and this audibly benefits the suites and
partitas on this new production. For even if Bach creates highly artificial gems
out of the traditional dance forms, Blumina still lets us feel the swing that
makes the individual movements pulsate. As a synaesthete, Blumina also has a
very special relationship with the key characteristics so important to Bach. The
radiant E major of the French Suite BWV 817 becomes a sun-drenched event under
her hands, while the C minor Partita BWV 826 exudes a solemn festivity. The
pictures attached to the lavishly designed booklet show the colourful creative
power of this versatile artist. Blumina unleashes a veritable firework with the
highly virtuosic C minor Fantasy BWV 906, to which the English Suite in D minor
BWV 811 with its monumental Prelude stands in the greatest possible contrast.

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