Customer Reviews

Play Bach

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I echo one of the reviewer's comments: I'm addicted to this fantastic CD -- every piece is so wonderfully played by Awadagin. The level of energy and excitement exerted by Awadegin is unmatched by other pianists playing the same pieces of Bach.

I am addicted to this CD, finding that I prefer it to other, more traditional, renditions of Bach's great works. If you are a Bach fan, you MUST add this to your collection. As an aside, I'm fed up with snotty reviewers screaming, "Authenticity!" every time someone tries to do something interesting with Baroque music. If we are comfortable hearing Bach played on modern instruments, we should be able to expand our aural vocabulary to include the fabulous job the musicians do on this CD.

This CD is simply lovely. Awadagin's touch and interpretations are perfect, and the Quartet couldn't have been better. All together, they made beautiful music that I continue to enjoy. I think you will, too!

The St. Lawrence String Quartet does okaaay overall, but it's a bit of a mystery why they worked with Pratt on this thing when they had a lot more potential than this.

Sorry, but the guy just has no clue what he's doing, and obviously hasn't been "promoted" based on his professional / musical merit after about a decade of "trying".

A blunder of a release, and Bach in particular was perhaps the worst thing for these performers to team up on. Hopefully the quartet can get its act together in the future and find worthwhile collaborators.

If you *have* to listen to this, find it used. Cheap. Very very cheap. Don't put more into this than the performers did. It's definitely one that listeners are willing to part with without batting an eye.