Italian pianist Federico Colli has gained attention with unconventional descriptions of his influences, focusing on literature and religion more than on musical teachers. Other pianists don't focus on notions like the search for truth. And one might mention Colli's somewhat hipster-ish good looks. His recordings have inspired raves and rants, somewhat tilted toward the former, and this set of Bach works, viewed in the last case through the lens of Ferruccio Busoni in his monumental arrangement for piano of the Chaconne from ...
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Italian pianist Federico Colli has gained attention with unconventional descriptions of his influences, focusing on literature and religion more than on musical teachers. Other pianists don't focus on notions like the search for truth. And one might mention Colli's somewhat hipster-ish good looks. His recordings have inspired raves and rants, somewhat tilted toward the former, and this set of Bach works, viewed in the last case through the lens of Ferruccio Busoni in his monumental arrangement for piano of the Chaconne from the Partita for solo violin in D minor, BWV 1004. The first question in the case of Bach played on a Steinway grand is likely to concern the degree to which the performer adopts the insights of harpsichord performance. In Colli's case, the answer is not much, but not zero. His dynamic shifts and attacks are fully pianistic, but except in the slow movements, he tends to avoid the pedal. He leans toward brilliant surfaces, and in the opening Partita in D major, BWV 828, this isn't...
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