Mahan Esfahani - Passinge Mesures - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Under Mahan Esfahani's hands - and occasionally fists - the harpsichord is transmogrified into an elemental force, by turns supported or menaced by an astonishing arsenal of electronics. Concerned listeners please note no harpsichords were harmed in the making of this album.

For Mahan Esfahani, Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias were more than just the tools by which his children and pupils were to acquire a prodigious technique. These 'tiny gems' (as Esfahani call them) reveal expressive depths to rival the major keyboard works and make considerable demands of the performer's musical mettle. The is the sixth instalment in his unmissable complete Bach keyboard survey.

Mahan Esfahani again highlights the radicalism, virtuosity, and sheer joyousness of the works recorded here, both in his playing and in his uncommonly engaging booklet notes.