Montero - Bach & Beyond [United Kingdom]
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Artist: MonteroEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2006-06-20
Music Label: EMI
Soundtracks:
- Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
- Presto (From Italian Concerto)
- Beyond Bach
- Air In G
- Aria
- Adagio
- Prelude In C
- Sheep May Safely Graze
- Two-Part Invention In D Minor
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Toccata In D Minor
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Free Music Review: Bah Bah
Hit: 3 Stars
Bach to me represents the ultimate inner beauty through his calculated, systemetic, mathematical composition. Bach's music is rythmic and soul searching.
Montero is my favorite upcoming pianist. However she is adding too much to tip the balance of the Bach music. Bach can be beautiful but should not be passionate. The variations make it sound like new age and at times it loses focus which is probably the worst thing for Bach.
However I will continue to buy Montero's CD because she is an outstanding pianist. Her Chopin is just fantastic.
Bach & Beyond [United Kingdom] Poster
It seems that to much of the classical world, improvisation is a lost art. Once a common skill, musicians are now rarely seen without a score. In her second recording for EMI Classics, Gabriela Montero has returned to this tradition, and presents 'Bach & Beyond'. Others may have used Bach's music as a starting point for improvisation - take Keith Jarrett or Jacques Loussier - but Gabriela's style is different. She uses all of her musical influences to take us on a journey through music. She begins with Bach, travels through Debussy, Chopin, Jazz, and even to the folk music of her own country, Venezuela.Taking as her base 12 works of Bach, Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero proceeds to play variations on each. The works are familiar and most Classical fans will recognize their melodies instantly. But Montero, who is closer to a jazz improvisationalist than a classical pianist merely embellishing, alters rhythm as well as melody, and the results are invariably both surprising and delightful. The Presto from the Italian Concerto is positively wacky, but "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" sticks to the piece's mood with truth and originality. Montero plays "beyond" Bach with good taste and respect, and always with intense musicality. The results may seem improvised, but I doubt they are---they seem to well worked through---but that is more of a plus than a minus. You'll revel in hearing old favorites "interpreted" and find some unexpected pleasures here. --Robert Levine
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