Notes and Editorial Reviews
"Piotr Anderszewski’s second release on Virgin was an all-Bach recital that was truly dazzling. Everything about the playing on that disc conveyed a deep love for the music, a firm grasp of the polyphony, smart and alert tempos, and lovely tonality. His performance of the English Suite No. 6 on this latest release is just as delectable. On repeated hearings, I am struck by Anderszewski’s keen sense for the structural relationships between the sections of the overall work...Not surprisingly, Anderszewski shines in the bristling fugues of this most Baroque of the Beethoven sonatas. Here, his playing is boldly virile, even triumphant. The finale is delivered with thrilling virtuosity, even as it conveys the always-looming tragic nature of
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Beethoven. Similarly, Anderszewski plays the terse Webern with an intensity that seems to want to wring the truth out of the music." - Peter Burwasser, FANFARE Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
English Suite no 6 in D minor, BWV 811 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Piotr Anderszewski (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715; Weimar, Germany
2.
Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Piotr Anderszewski (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1821-1822; Vienna, Austria
3.
Variations for Piano, Op. 27 by Anton von Webern
Performer:
Piotr Anderszewski (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935-1936; Austria
Sound Samples
English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Prélude
English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Allemande
English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Courante
English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Sarabande
English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Double
English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Gavotte I
English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Gavotte II - Gavotte I da capo
English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Gigue
Piano sonata No 31 in A flat major Op. 110: I Moderato cantabile
Piano sonata No 31 in A flat major Op. 110: II Allegro molto
Piano sonata No 31 in A flat major Op. 110: III Adagio ma non troppo -
Piano sonata No 31 in A flat major Op. 110: Arioso dolente
Piano sonata No 31 in A flat major Op. 110: Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Piano sonata No 31 in A flat major Op. 110: L'istesso tempo dell'arioso
Piano sonata No 31 in A flat major Op. 110: L'istesso tempo della Fuga, poi di nuovo vivente
Variations Op. 27: I Sehr mäßig
Variations Op. 27: II Sehr schnell
Variations Op. 27: III Ruhig, fließend
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