J.S.バッハとベートーヴェン作品における優れた解釈で知られるアンドルー・ランジェル。彼は30年ほど前にJ.S.バッハの「ゴルトベルク変奏曲」、トッカータ嬰ヘ短調、「音楽の捧げもの」からの2曲のリチェルカーレの演奏でSTEINWAY&SONSレーベルでのデビュー作を皮切りに、いくつかのレーベルをまたぎながら数多くのバッハ作品の録音を続けており、その鮮烈さ、美しさ、独創性が高く評価されています。
今回の『平均律クラヴィーア曲集第2巻』は、2007年にBridge Recordsレーベルからリリースされた第1巻の続編となるものであり、前作からほぼ14年を経たランジェルの演奏は、ますます煌びやかで自由奔放となっており"聴き続けるたびに、これまで気づかなかった美しさとポリフォニーの神秘が見えてくる"と海外の音楽サイトでも絶賛されています。
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発売・販売元 提供資料(2022/03/14)
Pianist Andrew Rangell cant be accused of rushing his recording of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II; His Book I appeared in 2007, and the present release not until 2022. Despite the gap, the stylistic issues are similar, and Rangells second volume will likely engender controversies similar to those that attended the earlier release. Some find Rangell a genius in Bach; others would evaluate him as a crank, but perhaps a more balanced description is possible. Rangells is a highly pianistic Bach, and what is interesting is that he accomplishes this without using a great deal of pedal. Instead, he relies on variety of attack, articulation, and tempo. Rangell introduces tempo rubato into antecedent-consequent phrase pairs and even into fugue subjects. For some, this will all be a bridge too far; for others, Rangell will bring out the blooming variety in this highly systematic music. Those who pay their money (or simply devote their time) can take their choice. Rangell again serves as his own producer, moving from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston on the earlier release to an acoustically equally fortunate space, the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts. This is a striking release from a pianist who, whether one likes him or not, always has something to say.
Rovi