Bach today generally sounds quite different from Bach 30 years ago, and still more different than Bach 50 years ago. In that sense his music is contemporary rather than classical.

lafsson’s second Deutsche Grammophon album, the pithily entitled Bach, contains a mixture of original works and transcriptions . Everything is there in Johann Sebastian’s music: architectural perfection and profound emotion, says Ólafsson. In his hands, the universe that is Bach shines with new light.

Vikingur Olafsson: Chopin - Bach - Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux, 24 Préludes Op. 28: No. 13 in F sharp major, Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia and 36 more tracks from this album here for free. More albums by this artist.

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By Johann Sebastian Bach. 3. Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829: III. Corrente. By Johann Sebastian Bach. 15. 24 Préludes Op. 2 in A minor.

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lafsson rightly points out that the Bach canon is constantly changing, and indeed many of the pieces on his program are not very familiar. Sample the Aria variata, BWV 989, both to hear a marvelous Bach piece that's not one of the common ones, and to experience Ólafsson's piano style, detailed and pianistic without, for the most part, being Romantic. He's a compelling pianist who can take an audience through a wide range of sounds, and his Bach demands attention. He also tries to climb the Bach mountain and plant a new flag at the top, and here he may overreach.

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