Diana Boyle - Art of the Fugue - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Bach's InchWell-Tempered ClavierInch - the 48 Preludes and Fugues, 2 sets in each major and minor key, is one of the cornerstones of the baroque keyboard repertoire. Diana Boyle presents an exceptional account of the second set of 24 pieces, played on a modern Grotrian-Steinweg piano. Her approach to performing this repertoire on a modern piano is astonishing and exciting, bringing the complexity of Bach's writing to the fore.

Julie Kaufmann - Scottish Songs [COMPACT DISCS] date 08/25/2009

Diana Boyle is a fine pianist who records little but prepares each recording with years of thought, consideration and meditation on the music. Her interpretations are individual and thought-provoking, often delicate, not always conforming to the norm which pianists of lesser talent will follow, but looking to breathe new life and spirit into classic masterpieces. Her previous Divine Art albums have been very popular and highly praised. Like all of Boyle's work these new recordings are very carefully prepared and well crafted performances which do not fear to display real feeling and depth, not at all like the all too common 'mechanical' performances of Baroque music. The works themselves are not all among Bach's best known, but all display his total mastery of the art of composition.