Petr Hejný - viola da gamba (J.P.Christa, München 1740)

Till Fellner: klavír

Inventionen BWV 772 - 786, Sinfonien BWV 787 - 801, Französische Suite V in G-Dur BWV 816

For more than four years, fans have been waiting for a new Bach recording from the extraordinary Austrian pianist Till Fellner. His interpretation of the first book of the Well-tempered piano for ECM was released in 2004 to great critical acclaim. “The articulation and the shaping of line are always clean, with meticulous but subtle attention given to the underlining of fugue subjects. There is just the right amount of flexibility in his shaping of phrase, and the sheer beauty of his sound helps lend the cerebral an enticing touch of the sensual”, wrote Stephen Pettitt in the Evening Standard. With the two-part Inventions and three-part Sinfonias Fellner now illuminates the magic of Bach’s allegedly just didactic piano pieces from 1722/23, in which he offered a method of polyphonic playing and composing. Interspersed is a vividly swinging account of Bach’s fifth French Suite in G-major.

John Holloway: violin, Jaap ter Linden: violoncello, Lars Ulrik Mortensen: harpsichord

A major, F major, A major, G major, A major, B major, D major

Capella Sancta Caecilia: Ivan Zenaty, Gabriela Demeterova, Jan Simon, Petr Hejny, Vit Mach, Jaroslav Tuma (on period instruments)

World premiere recording