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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0886972269726 Label: Sony Classics Manufacturer: Sony Classics Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Classics Release Date: March 18, 2008 Studio: Sony Classics Sales Rank: 5858 MPN: 722697
Rating: - Probably, one of the best Partitas
Perahia is, with no doubt, one of the greatest performer of Bach's music.
Absolutely recommended.
Rating: - Pure Joy
Over the past decade or so, Murray Perahia has developed into one of the finest Bach pianists around. Perhaps one needs to suffer to appreciate Bach fully--surely this great pianist has had his share ... Read More
Rating: - Played With Striking Keyboard Style, Energy, And Abundant Invention!
The six partitas BWV 825-830, the third and last collection of suites, are certainly Bach's most mature achievement in this sphere. The opening movements on their own are sufficient to demonstrate Bach's ... Read More
Rating: - superb!
I have yet to hear any of Murray Perahia's playing, whether live or recorded, which was anything less than superbly musical. His profound musicality is always what one hears, no matter the technical demands ... Read More
Rating: - Too polite, as usual
Perahia's Bach playing is always elegant and refined, but too polite and softhearted to my taste. Perfect for Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne Worte, but not for Bach's partitas. Also on this CD, Perahia's playing lacks ... Read More