Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV540 (Bach)
from Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 8 - Eugen d'Albert (CDA67709)
1 Prelude [7'39]
2 Fugue [5'16]
25 minutes 50 seconds 2 tracks
‘Lane takes no prisoners in these sonorous and exhilarating performances, conjuring up from the Steinway's richly resonant bass a cathedral's 32 foot pedal division to thrilling effect … I guaran ...
‘D'Albert's versions of the the C minor Passacaglia, and the Preludes and Fugues in C minor and A major, are extraordinary and exquisite, and Lane plays them with a ravishing finesse that belies their ...
‘I found Lane's Prelude (Toccata) and Fugue in D minor, BWV538 unassailably alive to the possibilities that both Bach and d'Albert leave open. The rhythmic impulse never flags, the pithy contrapuntal ...