Fabrizio Chiovetta
AP126 - 1CD - 71' - Apr 15, 2016
With this disc devoted to Bach, Fabrizio Chiovetta confirms the qualities already widely acclaimed in Haydn and Schubert: great delicacy of touch, variety of colour but also classical rigour of line. This programme also allows him to demonstrate a freedom of phrasing and a sense of melody that are all too rare in this repertoire. In contrast to the stern, mathematician Bach we have often heard in these famous pages, here is a Bach full of spirit and moods, almost seeming at times to improvise as his inspiration flows, not constrained by the formal framework but nourished by it. This Bach at human level seems here to speak directly to us - and we perceive all the more clearly the luminous depth of his genius.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
French Overture in B minor BWV 831
1. I. Ouverture
2. II. Courante
3. III. Gavotte I & II
4. IV. Passepied I & II
5. V. Sarabande
6. VI. Bourrée I & II
7. VII. Gigue
8. VIII. Echo
Partita No. 1 in B-flat major BWV 825
9. I. Praeludium
10. II. Allemande
11. IV. Courante
12. V. Sarabande
13. VI. Menuet I & II
14. VII. Gigue
English Suite No. 4 in F major BWV 809
15. I. Prélude
16. II. Allemande
17. III. Courante
18. IV. Sarabande
19. V. Menuet I & II
20. VI. Gigue
