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J. S.
Bach Chromatic Fantasia in D minor Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77523-2 "Quiet, intoxicating virtuosity ... can 'cross over' to a mainstream platform" GRAMOPHONE
EARLY MUSIC RECOMMENDS... "uniquely expressive - and uniquely seductive" |
Gramophone Early Music Quarterly (Autumn
99)
"Andrew Lawrence-King has set out to explore and exploit the uniquely
expressive - and uniquely seductive - tone-colours of the baroque harp. The
result is a stimulating recital deserving of the widest audience. Indeed, it
doesn't stretch the imagination too much to suggest that this could well be
that most rare of creatures: a recording that can 'cross over' to a mainstream
platform without surrendering or diluting any of its own musical point, purpose
or integrity. With delightfully poised, beautifully positioned recorded sound
this is a relishable recording indeed.
More please!"
Gramophone, December 99
"A very appealing Bach
collection played in a variety of transcriptions with complete mastery by
Andrew Lawrence-King. The baroque double harp which Lawrence-King uses here has
no pedals; there are separate strings for every note, but their selection calls
for skill and speed, talents he has in abundance. Nor does he lack any other of
the attributes needed to approach such a demanding programme.
The
convincing flexibility of his phrasing is superimposed on the beat of the
metronome that ticks in his head, giving eloquent humanity to the music, and
his fingers respond faithfully to dynamic detail such as the differentiation of
appogiaturas from their resolutions. He is adept, too, at embellishing repeats
- and not just by adding the odd ornament here and there.
If Bach is
listening to this recording he probably has an approving smile on his face.
Need I say more?"
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