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Alessio Bax goes back to Bach for an unmissable disc of transcriptions.
In the realm of Romantic Bach transcriptions, Alessio Bax's stylistic perception and palette of tone-colours have considerably deepened since his "Baroque Reflections" release (Warner, 11/04), together with a level of technical control that gives new meaning to the word "awesome". Legato lines are full-bodied at all dynamic levels, while thick chords and rapid passagework betray not one speck of struggle. Furthermore, Bax retains tonal beauty and definition even in the loudest and most sonorous passages, achieved without the least banging.
Here, Godowsky's outrageously upholstered treatment of Bach's G minor Solo Violin Sonata receives its most effortless and imaginatively nuanced reading on the disc. Bax's mesmerizing melody/accompaniment distinction in Egon Petri's Sheep May Safely Graze makes Petri's venerable recording sound comparatively dry and matter-of-fact. Bax's sustaining power and subtle pedaling prevent his broad tempi for the Silori Air on the G String and the Bach/Busoni Chaconne from dragging, although his gentle, rounded performance of Kempff's Zion hört die Wächter singen doesn't change my preference for Busoni's plainer transcription. Bax's own treatment of the F minor Keyboard Concerto's sublime slow movement captures this pianist at his lyrical apex. He replicates pizzicato accompaniment so such tasteful and eloquent effect that you don't miss the string section. Signum's roomy, lifelike sound perfectly complements Bax's extraordinary pianism. A disc no "hyphenated Bach" fan should miss.

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March Concert Dates

3-4 Valladolid, Spain. Castilla y Leon Symphony Orchestra, Vassily Petrenko. Grieg Concerto
9-14 Mexico City. Mineria Chamber Music Festival
11 Chamber Music Concert with Philippe Quint, Chun-Wen Huang, Mauricy Banazsek and Jan Vogler. Sala Blas Galindo, Centro Nacional de las Artes.
13 Chamber Music Concert with Philippe Quint, Chun-Wen Huang, Mauricy Banazsek and Jan Vogler. Anfiteatro Simon Bolivar del Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso.
12-14 Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional, Mexico City. Carlos Miguel Prieto. Blas Galindo Auditorium. Mozart Concerto KV 467
20-21 Sioux Falls, SD. South Dakota Symphony. David Delta Gier, cond.
Beethoven Emperor Concerto and Adams Grand Pianola Music with Lucille Chung
25 Dallas, TX. Chamber Music Concert with Lucille Chung and Andres Diaz
28 Washtington, DC. Recital. Phillips Collection