Golden Thread: The Art Of The Piano Transcription
Acis, 2024
9/10
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The skilled pianist Aron Rozsa makes for a emotive and dynamic performance, where the 5 colorful selections are fleshed out meticulously.
“Amarilli di Julio Romano”, by Giulio Caccini, begins the affair with dancing keys that illustrate both friskiness and warmth, and George Frideric Handel’s “Almira, HWV 1” follows with a cautious mood that explores firm key techniques that, across the back half, also emit melodic gestures.
Closer to the middle, “Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BuxWV 140” showcases much dynamic playing via the lush and colorful keys of the Dieterich Buxtehude selection, while “No. 7a, Durch Adams Fall, BV B 27 (After J.S. Bach’s BWV 637)” unfolds across 2 chapters of exploration and intimacy.
The final piece, “Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam”, by Giacomo Meyerbeer, then presents 3 segments of dense techniques, waves of bareness and quick, detailed finger acrobatics.
An often intense delivery that can also retreat to sensitive bouts, Rozsa’s debut makes for an artistic and commanding display of his inimitable abilities.
Travels well with: Jeremy Beck- Requiem; Shawn Crouch- Chaos Theory