Angela Hewitt : Bach Performance on the Piano, Excerpt 1
From Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt’s 2008 DVD released on the British Hyperion label, ‘Bach Performance on the Piano’.
I hope to periodically post excerpts from this instructive and enlightening 2-disc DVD set, in which Ms Hewitt (my favourite Bach interpreter today) …
‘… shares the inspiration and experience behind her award-winning playing in an illustrated lecture that [...]
1928 WINIFRED CHRISTIE on BECHSTEIN MOOR DUPLEX GRAND PIANO J. S. Bach Toccata and Fugue
The Mor Duplex Grand Piano was a fascinating two keyboard piano that enjoyed a certain notoriety in the interwar years. With 164 keys on two keyboards, it allowed to play spreads of 2+ octaves with a single hand, and was much appreciated especially for the rendition of Bach Organ works.
Listen how Winifred Christie brings out [...]
