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Exploring the myriad possibilities of Bach on the piano, Beatrice Rana engages in intimate and illuminating dialogue with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta in four of the composer’s keyboard concertos: BWV 1052 in D minor, BWV 1053 in E Major, BWV 1054 in D Major, and BWV 1056 in F minor.

For the New York Times, Rana’s distinction as an interpreter of Bach lies in “preternatural sensitivity, sophistication and control, along with a touch of magic.” She describes the composer as “an important figure in my life … My piano studies began when I was very young and Bach was there from the very start.” At the age of nine she played the F minor concerto BWV 1056 in her first public concert with orchestra. 20 years later she and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta toured these four concertos before taking them into the recording studio. “Made in heaven,” is how Bachtrack described their musical partnership, “Soloist and ensemble were playing as one.”

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We will celebrate Kyung Wha Chung’s 70th birthday on March 26th. To mark the occasion, Warner Classics offers in a 3-LP gatefold the Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas album that was successfully released on CD (0190295944162) in late 2016. After a career break of more than a decade, Kyung Wha Chung had announced the decision to return to the recording studio. With this first new album for Warner Classics, she fulfilled a lifelong dream of recording the complete violin solo works by J.S. Bach, a project very close to her heart. The album, recorded at St George’s Bristol, showcases Kyung Wha Chung as the maverick of the violin that she is with her inimitable and timeless sound.