Johann Joachim Quantz praised his older contemporary Johann Sebastian Bach for his ability to transform various European styles into an international one. This cosmopolitan quality of Bach's music is also the starting point for a CD by the idiosyncratic pianist Fazil Say, who was born in 1970 in Ankara. On this CD, the universal perspective of Bach's music even applies retroactively, thanks to
… romantic arrangements by Liszt ("Preludium and fugue in a BWV.543") and Busoni ("Chaconne BWV.1004"). These romantic reinterpretations are framed by three original works, namely the "French suite nr.6", the "Italian concert" and the first "Preludium and fugue" from the first book of "Das wohltemperierte Klavier". (HJ) _more
