Stravinsky / Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Igor Stravinsky (Composer), Peter Nagy (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Peter Nagy
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Igor Stravinsky
• Audio CD (February 1, 2005)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ecm Records
• ASIN: B00076QG4G
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,232 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is the violin sound that made Paganini seem possessed, February 13, 2005

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Todd Montgomery (Wilmore, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stravinsky / Bach (Audio CD)

Based on the performance, this should be 5 stars, but there is some background noise during the Partita (sounds like breathing). Otherwise, I receommend this CD without further reservation. I simply have never heard any recorded violin with the tone that Kavakos has--and the same is true of his Enescu/Ravel album. It's also pleasant to hear some rare Stravinsky works--I certainly don't associate violin/piano chamber music with him, especially with a baroque sound as in the Italian suite. The highlight is certainly his Bach--we can hope that Kavakos will give us complete sets of the partitas! Of course Nagy is excellent on the piano but not as prominent as in the Enescu/Ravel album.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stravinsky and Bach Would Have Loved This Recording!, August 29, 2005

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Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stravinsky / Bach (Audio CD)

Though at first the album cover stating the pairing of Bach with Stravinsky may seem bizarre, nothing could be further from the truth. Brilliant Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos has elected to pair Stravinsky's neo-classical 'Duo Concertante' and 'Pulcinella Suite or `Suite Italienne' (with fine accompaniment from pianist Peter Nagy) with Bach's unaccompanied G-minor Sonata and B-minor Partita. Meshing the virtuosity of these two composers' demands is what makes this recital absolutely pulsatile!

Kavakos has perfect intonation and flexibility of tonal approach that he demonstrates between the 'baroque sound' for the Bach works and the richly romantic sound for the slower movements of the Stravinsky works. His technique is astonishingly fine and his rapport with Nagy is as sensitive as his solo moments with Bach.

This is one of those intelligent recordings that not only presents superb works well performed but has an idea about programming that is novel and that works! Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, August 05

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the magic duo strikes again!, February 11, 2006

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E.Basiakos (Athens Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stravinsky / Bach (Audio CD)

Kavakos and Nagy bridges the gap between the two ages in classical music in this recording,baroque and modern,chosing excellent works,once again.The whole disc is breathtaking,full of lyrical,dramatic and esoterical moments,especially Stravinsky cuts,which are less performed.It has the charismatic property,very few discs have,to be heard from the beginning to the end,enjoying the brilliant playing and the discrete but equal roles of both musicians.The sound is typical ECM,means excellent.Highly recommended,don't miss it.