Raphaella
SMITS |
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Silvius Leopold Weiss (1686-1750) FEATURES
artist: Raphaella Smits, guitar |
BAROQUE GUITAR SOUNDS Raphaella Smits plays J.S. Bach and S.L. Weiss PROGRAM FEATURES ABOUT THE RECORDING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY ABOUT
THE RECORDING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY Jean Bernard of <Diapason> says: "Par sa discographie rigoureuse et éclectique, Raphaella Smits s'affirme aujourd'hui parmi les interprètes les plus délicats et les plus cultivés. L'influence de José Tomàs est ici important : Raphaella Smits transcrit, phrase et ornemente avec sobriété, invention, et une mélancolie qui joue pianissimo avec le temps. ... Comme il est plaisant d'écouter une Ciaconna vraiment phrasée comme une chaconne, légèrement inégale, ornementée avec à-propos." Paul Fowles of the <Classical Guitar (UK)> wrote: "Having selected some of the finest transcribable material the baroque period has to offer, Smits gives a performance in which, quite simply, she does everything right. A programme of pure excellence!" Emma Scott of <Het Laatste Nieuws> (BE) wrote: "Raphaella is at her best in the Tombeau's of Weiss. Timidly she pulls the melancholy from underneath the string, in a game of clair-obscure in which even the light high register has something melancholic, and the deep darkness is not without some rebellion. She plays Bach with as much care for the perfect sound, but rather starting from a more structural understanding. The languorous gait of a Sarabande, the more pointed plucked Bourrée, the subtle differentiated episodes of the Fuga, it has all become pure guitaristic language." Jozef Joris, honorary director of the Lemmens Institute, wrote: "As an organ player and pianist, so familiar with J.S. Bach, I can hear him today from under your skillful fingers in a sublime interpretation. Impressive!" Jürgen Bieler of the <Bonner Rundßchau> wrote: "Die Gitarrenadaptation von Bachs Ciaconna ist einer neuen Erfahrung. Absolut stilsicher interpretiert klang das Werk auf angenehme Weise ungitarristisch, so als würde es jemand auf einem leisen Tasteninstrument vortragen." |
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