The name Jacqueline du Pré (1945 – 1987) is still surrounded by esteem. Rarely has someone played the cello so accurately and with so much passion as Du Pré. As a thirteen-year-old performer she made her debut on British television. Seven years later, America lay at her feet thanks to her overwhelmingly beautiful performance of […]
Bach
Henri and Rachel
Eli Degibri named the title of his ninth album after his parents. The Israeli composer, saxophonist and bandleader portrays on Henri and Rachel his demented mother, his deceased father and his wife Noa. Degibri wrote beautiful new melodies in well-crafted arrangements. Thanks to his tightly playing accompanists they sound exciting. The other musicans are pianist […]
“Bach can comfort and heal us”
Pianist Lang Lang really wanted to understand Bach and the Baroque period before he recorded the monumental Goldberg Variations. Alongside a studio recording is a contrasting performance, a single take from a recital in Leipzig’s iconic St Thomas Church, where Bach worked and is now buried. What was the biggest challenge in recording the Goldberg […]