Recorded for the first time on a large German harpsichord endowed with the low 16-foot playing typical of Bach’s time, the Well-Tempered Clavier is presented here in a colorful and flamboyant version, where virtuosity rhymes with variety.
Details:
Year: 2020
Label: Calliope
Works by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Featured artist: Vincent Bernhardt
Duration: 1 hr 59 min – 51 tracks
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Nominated for the ICMA Music Awards 2021 and for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
“The fiery and always varied playing of the harpsichordist is simply a pleasure.”
Alain Steffen, Pizzicato, 2020/08/09
“Bach’s great cycle is experienced in a completely new way.”
Martin Möller, Volksfreund, 2020/08/18
“A scholarly approach, severe but at a human level […] Few other interpretations offer us this bread broken and immediately shared, commensal.”
Christophe Steyne, Crescendo Magazine, 2020/10/06
“Vincent Bernhardt’s authority is undeniable.”
Philippe Venturini, Classica No. 225, 2020/09
“Bernhardt is a lively player. He does not seek evenness or a strict center, but plays rhetorically and expressively. […] 4/4″
Friedrich Sprondel, Fono-Forum, 2020/11
“Thanks to Bernhardt’s philologically sound and at the same time musical approach, the cycle can present itself with great unity despite its richness in detail.”
Georg Henkel, Musik an sich, 2020