Alessio Bax
Pianist


July Concert Dates

3 Ina, Japan

4 Tsukuba, Japan

6 Tokyo

11 Fort Worth, TX. Mimir Chamber Music Festival

13 Fort Worth, TX

16 Fort Worth, TX

17 Granbury, TX

24 Westport, CT

August Concert Dates

7 Menlo Park, CA. Music@Menlo

8 Menlo Park, CA

9 Menlo Park, CA

10 Menlo Park, CA

14 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Bard Festival

15 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

17 Torroella de Montgri, Spain. Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

23 Menorca, Spain. Festival de Ciutadella

27 Lexington, KY. UBS Chamber music Festival

28 Lexington, KY

NEW REVIEW FOR "BACH TRANSCRIBED" FROM FANFARE MAGAZINE

Click here to read the complete review [...] Bax astonishes along with the best of them. [...] Bax shows great control and a rare ability to “terrace” contrasting dynamic levels, even at fast tempos.[...] In short, this disc is a must.


NEW PRAISE FOR "BACH TRANSCRIBED" FROM GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE!!!

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.

BACH TRANSCRIBED (SIGNUM CLASSICS) WAS NAMED CD OF THE WEEK BY CLASSIC FM ...click here for more info!