“Blechacz is a superlative pianist” BBC Music Magazine
Celebrated by his Chopin awarded recordings and cited by critics as
one of those talents that only come along every few decades - has now
turned to Bach. The now 31-year-old winner of the 2005 International
Chopin Piano Competition, has been immersed in Bach since his childhood
and has cultivated a strikingly natural eloquence in his mature
interpretations of the composer’s keyboard works.
This is the perfect album to show his versatility and fine knowledge of the works of the composer.
Rafal’s
interpretation flows not least from his formative experience as an
organist. Young Rafał cut his musical teeth on
Bach’s principal instrument, playing organ for several years before turning full time to
piano. In addition to playing for services at the main church in his
hometown of Nakło nad Notecią, he also gave occasional recitals there
long after becoming a pianist.
(Presto Classical)