'Alessio Bax goes back to Bach for an unmissable album of transcriptions. In the realm of Romantic Bach transcriptions, Alessio Bax’s stylistic perception and palette of tone-colours have considerably deepened since his “Baroque Reflections” release (Warner, 11/04), together with a level of technical control that gives new meaning to the word “awesome”. Legato lines are full-bodied at all dynamic levels, while thick chords and rapid passagework betray not one speck of struggle. Furthermore, Bax retains tonal beauty and definition even in the loudest and most sonorous passages, achieved without the least banging … Signum’s roomy, lifelike sound perfectly complements Bax’s extraordinary pianism. An album no 'hyphenated Bach' fan should miss' (Gramophone)

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