Bach Adagio Bwv 974

Alessio Bax plays an Italian-inspired programme, picking his favourite pieces taken from a rich history of music from one of the most romantic countries in the world. He opens the programme with a J.S. Bach transcription of an oboe concerto by Venetian composer Alessandro Marcello, which reveals a deep insight into Bach’s mind.

Japanese harpsichordist Mayako Soné attended the Toho Gakuen School of Music, where she studied piano with Akiko Teranishi and harpsichord with Motoko Nabeshima. After she won a prize at the 1986 Musica Antiqua International Harpsichord Competition in Bruges, she studied harpsichord with Kenneth Gilbert and Scott Ross, and made her first recording in 1991 on the Erato label, Scarlatti: Unpublished Sonatas, as a supplement to Ross' recordings. She became the harpsichordist of the Israel Chamber Orchestra in 1992, and has toured with the group, appearing at music festivals in Europe. She has also performed chamber music in Japan, played recitals on radio and television, and taught at Ueno Gakuen University, where she became a professor in 2009. In 2010, she started a project to record the complete keyboard works of Rameau and Couperin. She has specialized in the keyboard works of Bach, giving a series of recitals and recording Toccatas for Warner Classics.

Japanese harpsichordist Mayako Soné attended the Toho Gakuen School of Music, where she studied piano with Akiko Teranishi and harpsichord with Motoko Nabeshima. After she won a prize at the 1986 Musica Antiqua International Harpsichord Competition in Bruges, she studied harpsichord with Kenneth Gilbert and Scott Ross, and made her first recording in 1991 on the Erato label, Scarlatti: Unpublished Sonatas, as a supplement to Ross' recordings. She became the harpsichordist of the Israel Chamber Orchestra in 1992, and has toured with the group, appearing at music festivals in Europe. She has also performed chamber music in Japan, played recitals on radio and television, and taught at Ueno Gakuen University, where she became a professor in 2009. In 2010, she started a project to record the complete keyboard works of Rameau and Couperin. She has specialized in the keyboard works of Bach, giving a series of recitals and recording Toccatas for Warner Classics.

Total of 53 tracks, about 3 hours 44 minutes. Alexandre Tharaud's original interpretation of piano performance, who has a fantastic way of manipulating the piano. In particular, the collection of short pieces recorded here allows you to find such picturesqueness. Satie: Three Gymnopédies No. 1, Debussy: In a Boat, Bach: Prelude in C minor BWV999, Khachaturian: Album of the Child, Volume 1, Op. 62 No. 1, Lully/Tharaud: From "The Townsfolk", Schubert: Moments Musicaux No. 3, Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 67 No. 2, Gershwin: My Boyfriend, John Williams: Main Theme from "Schindler's List", and more.

Total of 53 tracks, about 3 hours 44 minutes. Alexandre Tharaud's original interpretation of piano performance, who has a fantastic way of manipulating the piano. In particular, the collection of short pieces recorded here allows you to find such picturesqueness. Satie: Three Gymnopédies No. 1, Debussy: In a Boat, Bach: Prelude in C minor BWV999, Khachaturian: Album of the Child, Volume 1, Op. 62 No. 1, Lully/Tharaud: From "The Townsfolk", Schubert: Moments Musicaux No. 3, Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 67 No. 2, Gershwin: My Boyfriend, John Williams: Main Theme from "Schindler's List", and more.