Bach: A Strange Beauty

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Dinnerstein has Argerich's touch: her Bach swings. The Suite's gigue has jazz momentum and the F minor concerto finale sounds unstoppable...The whole, beautifully conceived programme is shot... — Classic FM Magazine, March 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 24th Jan 2011
Catalogue No: 88697727282
Label: Sony
Length: 60 minutes

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ'

Work length3:41

$1.30

$1.70

Simone Dinnerstein (piano)

Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV1056

Work length9:03

$3.90

$5.10

Simone Dinnerstein (piano), Kammerorchester der Staatskapelle Berlin
Staatskapelle Berlin

I. [Allegro]

Track length3:18

$1.30

$1.70

II. Largo

Track length2:57

$1.30

$1.70

III. Presto

Track length2:48

$1.30

$1.70

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV734 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein'

Work length2:26

$1.30

$1.70

Simone Dinnerstein (piano)

Bach, J S: English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV808

Work length19:22

$7.80

$10.20

Simone Dinnerstein (piano)

I. Prélude

Track length2:54

$1.30

$1.70

II. Allemande

Track length5:03

$1.30

$1.70

III. Courante

Track length2:00

$1.30

$1.70

IV. Sarabande

Track length4:14

$1.30

$1.70

V. Gavotte I / II

Track length2:51

$1.30

$1.70

VI. Gigue

Track length2:20

$1.30

$1.70

Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052

Work length22:31

$3.90

$5.10

Simone Dinnerstein (piano), Kammerorchester der Staatskapelle Berlin
Staatskapelle Berlin

I. Allegro

Track length8:01

$1.30

$1.70

II. Adagio

Track length7:16

$1.30

$1.70

III. Allegro

Track length7:14

$1.30

$1.70

Bach, J S: Choral "Jesu, joy of man's desiring", BWV 147

Work length3:53

$1.30

$1.70

Simone Dinnerstein (piano)

Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 871 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II)

Work length6:00

Album only

Simone Dinnerstein (piano)

Praeludium

Track length3:45

Album only

Fuga

Track length2:15

Album only

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Debut CD on Sony Classical from this critically acclaimed New York classical pianist. This is her first orchestral disc & features x15 recordings. Described by the NY Times as "An utterly distinctive voice in the forest of Bach interpretation".

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March 2011

Dinnerstein has Argerich's touch: her Bach swings. The Suite's gigue has jazz momentum and the F minor concerto finale sounds unstoppable...The whole, beautifully conceived programme is shot with emotion, none more than the unfashionable transcriptions...This irresistable pianist knows her mind and expresses it.

February 2011

one must acknowledge Dinnerstein's energetic execution, plus the unusual clarity and point of her left-hand work...As a Bach pianist, Dinnerstein is obviously serious, and has fingers to burn

January 2011

there is nothing exaggerated or self-seeking about her technical display. Where she excels is in the slow movements...the involvement and emotional commitment is total...Dinnerstein's is a fascinating and soulful approach of which I hope to hear more, especially in the transcriptions to which her romantic temperament and depth of sonorities are ideally suited.

27th January 2011

[the disc] gives a good sense of her generally romantic approach to playing the composer's music on a modern concert grand, in which expressive warmth and beauty of tone seem to be prized above other qualities. It's a style that's perfectly suited to the three chorale-prelude arrangements by great 20th-century pianists

14th January 2011

Kempff's fastidious arrangement of "Nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen Gmein" offers the most dazzling display of her virtuosity...the stately calm of the 5th Keyboard Concerto's "Largo" has an almost weightless poise, while the English Suite No 3 offers an engrossing journey between styles

21st January 2011

Few current pianists surge forward in Bach with such light-fingered energy and joy; listening to her finale in the fifth keyboard concerto or the start of the third English Suite you almost get giddy. She’s equally individual in ruminating mode...Dinnerstein embraces [Jesu, Joy] calmly and lovingly — the perfect close to this uneven, engaging, idiosyncratic album.

Bach: A Strange Beauty

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