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J.S. Bach-Bach: Das Wohltemperirte Clavier, Books 1 & 2

Bach: Das Wohltemperirte Clavier, Books 1 & 2 [CD]
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Listeners who like their Bach played on an authentic Baroque era harpsichord instead of a modern piano will want to hear Christine Schornsheim's four-CD set of the Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I and II, on Capriccio. This traversal of "The 48" was performed on an instrument built in Antwerp by Johannes Ruckers in 1624, which is significant because the Ruckers family's instruments were highly valued in the 17th and 18th centuries and were frequently upgraded to suit the emerging tuning system of equal temperament, which Bach promoted with these pieces. Schornsheim is a solid performer with a robust sound, and her handling of the harpsichord's sonorities is assured and varied, according to the changing textures and characters of the preludes and fugues. There is also a muscular quality to her playing that comes through in her regular motor rhythms, though the antique keyboard's action might be a little stiff, requiring a strong, even attack to make the notes sound. The recordings were made in 2010 and 2011 in a museum setting, so carefully placed microphones capture the harpsichord with crisp details and clean sound with little background resonance, so the overall effect is close-up and intensely focused. ~ Blair Sanderson, Rovi

Classical Data

254:34
Keyboard
Baroque
Christine Schornsheim
Germany
Christine Schornsheim has established a highly successful career as a performer of keyboard music mostly from the Baroque era. Her repertory of Baroque fare is fairly broad, too, taking in works by Boccherini, Fasch, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi, and especially members of the Bach family, in particular Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel. She also appears in concert playing the hammerfl gel, piano, and fortepiano. In fact, in the new century her appearances in concert and on recording as a pianist or fortepianist have been more frequent, especially as she has delved into the works of Classical composers like Haydn (the complete piano sonatas!), Mozart, and Francesco Antoni Rosetti. Schornsheim has regularly appeared as accompanist with such artists as tenor Peter Schreier, and as soloist with such conductors as Abbado, Ozawa, Solti, Rilling, Hager, and scores of other notables. She is a member of two chamber groups: the period instrument trio Berliner Barock-Compagney and M nchner Cammer-Music. Schornsheim has made numerous recordings over the years for such labels as Capriccio, Carus, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Phoenix Edition, Teldec, Warner Classics, and several others. Christine Schornsheim was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1959. She studied music at the Berlin-based Spezialschule f r Musik from 1969-1976 and had later studies in piano at the Berlin Hochschule f r Musik. She also had master classes with such luminaries as Gustav Leonhardt, Ton Koopman, and Andreas Staier. Schornsheim launched her professional career as a solo-repetiteur in Potsdam at the Hans Otto Theater (1982-1983). She turned to freelancing in 1985, making many appearances across Europe including at major music festivals such as the Europ ischen Musikfest (Stuttgart), Schleswig-Holstein, Berliner Bach-Tagen, N rnberger Orgelwochen, and many others. From 1988-1992 Schornsheim was lecturer at the Leipzig Hochschule f r Musik in harpsichord and continuo, becoming professor in 1992. In 1994 she debuted on the hammerfl gel, accompanying Peter Schreier in lieder repertory. Schornsheim left her Leipzig post in 2002 to join the faculty at the Munich Hochschule f r Musik as professor of harpsichord. The following year she became a member of the M nchner Cammer-Music ensemble. In 2005 Schornsheim received several prestigious awards, including the Diapason d'or, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, and Echo Klassik, all for her recording of the complete piano sonatas of Haydn, a 14-CD set on Capriccio. Among her later recordings is the 2010 Carus CD of keyboard concertos by Bach son Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, works Schornsheim performs on a fortepiano. ~ Robert Cummings, Rovi
Listeners who like their Bach played on an authentic Baroque era harpsichord instead of a modern piano will want to hear Christine Schornsheim's four-CD set of the Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I and II, on Capriccio. This traversal of "The 48" was performed on an instrument built in Antwerp by Johannes Ruckers in 1624, which is significant because the Ruckers family's instruments were highly valued in the 17th and 18th centuries and were frequently upgraded to suit the emerging tuning system of equal temperament, which Bach promoted with these pieces. Schornsheim is a solid performer with a robust sound, and her handling of the harpsichord's sonorities is assured and varied, according to the changing textures and characters of the preludes and fugues. There is also a muscular quality to her playing that comes through in her regular motor rhythms, though the antique keyboard's action might be a little stiff, requiring a strong, even attack to make the notes sound. The recordings were made in 2010 and 2011 in a museum setting, so carefully placed microphones capture the harpsichord with crisp details and clean sound with little background resonance, so the overall effect is close-up and intensely focused. ~ Blair Sanderson, Rovi

Details

J.S. Bach
Bach: Das Wohltemperirte Clavier, Books 1 & 2
Classical & Opera
Classical Composers
31 January 2012
Christine Schornsheim ~ Discs:4
Capriccio ( CAPO )
Compact Disc
7115
Yes (additional shipping cost)
845221071152

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