in Piano International (Jul, 2015)
Alert IP readers will already have sampled this release through the free download of Allegro barbaro offered in the March/April issue. The complete set (three discs out of a projected eight) confirms Andreas Bach, piano professor at Freiburg Conservatoire, as a pianist with formidable technique and a staggering command of balance and texture.
Rival versions abound, notably from Foldes on Australian Eloquence, Jando on Naxos, Kocsis on Decca and a historical compilation on Hungaroton that includes performances by Bartok’s second wife Ditta. Andreas Bach’s take on this repertoire is to underline the rubato element, with startling results in the Sonatina (whose first-movement semiquavers are swung) and Sonata (with rubatos and hesitations …
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