'Esfahani marches and dances, sings, swaggers, and prays, with a sensitive balance of delicacy and vigour. He brings intelligence and grace to the Ricercars and a canon from Bach’s Musical Offering, their contrapuntal lines spun with limpid clarity. These eclectic soundscapes are splashed with the exotic colours of Hungarian folk music and the acidulous tunings of mean-tone temperament.’ Kate Bolton
Bach • Byrd • Ligeti
Bach: Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 3; Ricercar a 6; Canon a 2 per tonos; Bryd: Clarifica me, Pater I-III; John Come Kiss Me Now, etc; Ligeti: Pasacaglia ungherese; Continuum; Hungarian Rock
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Wigmore Hall Live WHLive 0066
For a full review of this release, pick up an August issue of BBC Music Magazine
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