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Product Details

Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0034571167466
Label : Hyperion
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1998-09-01
Running Time : 63minutes
UPC : 034571167466

ASIN : B000002ZUY

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Fantasia In C Minor, BWV906
2. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 1 In C Major
3. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 2 In C Minor
4. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 3 In D Major
5. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 4 In D Minor
6. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 5 In E Flat Major
7. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 6 In E Major
8. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 7 In E Minor
9. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 8 In F Major
10. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 9 In F Minor
11. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 10 In G Major
12. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 11 In G Minor
13. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 12 In A Major
14. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 13 In A Minor
15. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 14 In B Flat Major
16. Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV772-786: Invention 15 In B Minor
17. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 1 In C Major
18. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 2 In C Minor
19. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 3 In D Major
20. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 4 In D Minor
21. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 5 In E Flat Major
22. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 6 In E Major
23. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 7 In E Minor
24. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 8 In F Major
25. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 9 In F Minor
26. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 10 In G Major
27. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 11 In G Minor
28. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 12 In A Major
29. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 13 In A Minor
30. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 14 In B Flat Major
31. Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801: Sinfonia 15 In B Minor
32. Chromatic Fantasia And Fugue In D Minor, BWV903: Fantasia
33. Chromatic Fantasia And Fugue In D Minor, BWV903: Fugue

Customer Reviews

Sophisticated, understated Bach (2002-03-23)

I have several recordings of the Inventions and Sinfonias, both on harpsichord (Gilbert, Koopman) and piano-- but this is easily the most satisfying. Less quirky than Gould's, Hewitt's performance is the furthest thing from flashy or idiosyncratic and really allows the clarity and contrapuntal elegance of Bach's keyboard writing to shine through. The result is the furthest thing from didacticism, always a risk with works that have such a central position in every pianist's early training. While eschewing every excess, Hewitt is also unafraid to take some liberaties-- hear, for example, the octave-doubling in the f-minor Sinfonia, easily a highlight of the set and of this performance in particular. Excellent fill-ups as well, the virtuosic c-minor Fantasia (though performed, as is almost always the case, without its fragmentary companion fugue) and the "Chromatic" Fantasie & Fugue. Unhesitatingly recommended.

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