Martha Argerich - J.S. Bach: Toccata BWV 911, Partita No. 2, English Suite No. 2 (2000)
BAND/ARTIST: Martha Argerich
- Title: J.S. Bach: Toccata BWV 911, Partita No. 2, English Suite No. 2
- Year Of Release: 2000
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 50:03
- Total Size: 225 Mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
Toccata c-moll, BWV 911 10:53
Partita No. 2 c-moll, BWV 807 (18:56)
1. I. Sinfonia
2. II. Allemande
3. III. Courante
4. IV. Sarabande
5. V. Rondeaux
6. VI. Capriccio
English Suite No. 2 a-moll, BWV 807 (20:05)
7. I. Prélude
8. II. Allemande
9. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Bourrée I
12. VI. Bourrée II
13. VII. Bourrée I Da Capo
14. VIII. Gigue
Performers:
Martha Argerich, piano
Toccata c-moll, BWV 911 10:53
Partita No. 2 c-moll, BWV 807 (18:56)
1. I. Sinfonia
2. II. Allemande
3. III. Courante
4. IV. Sarabande
5. V. Rondeaux
6. VI. Capriccio
English Suite No. 2 a-moll, BWV 807 (20:05)
7. I. Prélude
8. II. Allemande
9. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Bourrée I
12. VI. Bourrée II
13. VII. Bourrée I Da Capo
14. VIII. Gigue
Performers:
Martha Argerich, piano
When Martha Argerich recorded this music in 1980 it must have been the Age of Aquarius. What a beautiful recording. Her rendition of Bach's Toccata BWV 911 surpasses any of Bach's keyboard music I've heard. Dubravka Tomsic's Toccata BWV 912 is also great, but Argerich's 911 is greater. Glenn Gould would have to come in third with these pieces.
Why is Argerich the best? Because she has heart. She plays with love of Bach and love of humanity. (This may be redundant.) Tomsic's precision is not without feeling, but Gould is not humane. He was a genius, of course, and he could make your mind dance. But Glenn Gould could not enter your heart nor the heart of Bach.
About four minutes into the Toccata Argerich plays the first of Bach's counterpoint passages on this disc and enters the realm of mystic crystal revelation. The space-time continuum is transcended. As time stands still Argerich and Bach create perfect forms of sound - nothing like the world mess and ourselves in it. Such transcendences occur frequently throughout this recording.
Why is Argerich the best? Because she has heart. She plays with love of Bach and love of humanity. (This may be redundant.) Tomsic's precision is not without feeling, but Gould is not humane. He was a genius, of course, and he could make your mind dance. But Glenn Gould could not enter your heart nor the heart of Bach.
About four minutes into the Toccata Argerich plays the first of Bach's counterpoint passages on this disc and enters the realm of mystic crystal revelation. The space-time continuum is transcended. As time stands still Argerich and Bach create perfect forms of sound - nothing like the world mess and ourselves in it. Such transcendences occur frequently throughout this recording.
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