Bach / Boulez Piano Recital

Erato/2007

Reviews

“Fray’s debut is marked by an imaginative collation, Bach and Boulez, played with vibrant imagination. He pushes the boundaries but resists the merely quirky. Impeccable technique allows him to speak from the heart with deceptive ease.” – BBC Music Magazine

“Fray’s gorgeous tone and ravishingly shaded trills cast an intimate, poetic spell that’s hard to resist, especially within the French Suite’s more modest dimensions. Fray matches Pierre-Laurent Aimard for character and precision in Boulez’s Notations, yet goes his own way.” – Gramophone

Video
Tracklisting
Bach, J S: Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV828
Allemande
Courante
Aria
Sarabance
Menuet
Gigue

Boulez: Notations (12) pour piano
I Fantasque – Modéré
II Très vif
III Assez lent
IV Rythmique
V Doux et improvisé
VI Rapide
VII Hiératique
VIII Modéré jusqu’ à très vif
IX Lointain – Calme
X Mécanique et très sec
XI Scintillant
XII Lent – Puissant et âpre

Bach, J S: French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV812
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuets I & II
Gigue

Boulez: Incises

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