99.00 PLN

2 CD:

Nr kat.: CKD433
Label  : Linn Records

‘John Butt's set on Linn warrants attention for the extraordinary quality of his interpretations.’ AllMusic.com ‘…his account of Bach…is illuminating and thought provoking.’ BBC Music Magazine • Prize-winning Bach specialist John Butt O.B.E. and distinguished violinist Lucy Russell deliver a personal and historically informed performance on J.S. Bach: Sonatas for violin and harpsichord. • The interpretations benefit from Butt and Russell’s combined cumulative experience gained over a lifetime of study, together with an evident rapport honed during their work with Dunedin Consort. • Russell’s performance explores the colours and emotions present in the music as well as highlighting Bach’s good humour and quirkiness. • The duo relish the energetic dialogue and astonishingly diverse moods and characters present in Bach’s music: from the supremely expressive violin ‘voice’ at the opening of the first sonata to the playful rhythmic tricks in the last movement of Sonata No. 4. • Bach’s fiendishly complex fugal writing and typically delicious chromaticism is in evidence throughout these hugely enjoyable works. • Butt’s informative booklets notes highlight the historical significance of these sonatas in which Bach introduces many of the fundamental features of an essentially new genre. • Perhaps best known as director of Dunedin Consort, John Butt has won two Gramophone Awards: the ‘Baroque Vocal’ Award for Handel: Messiah and the ‘Choral’ Award for Mozart: Requiem. • Dunedin’s first instrumental release, J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos, saw Butt’s harpsichord solos singled out for their virtuosity and technical skill, whilst his 2014 recording of Bach’s ‘48’ received several five star reviews and ‘Choice’ accolades. • Lucy Russell is among the most distinguished of international violinists who have achieved eminence on both historical instruments and their ‘modern’ counterparts. • Russell became leader of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet in 1995 with whom she has performed all over Europe, North America, the Middle East, and South Africa.