Search - Johann Sebastian Bach, Arthur Honegger, Bohuslav Martinu :: Frank Peter Zimmermann and Heinrich Schiff Play Honegger, Martinu, Bach, Pintscher, Ravel

Has anyone heard this?

Ben Duke | LA | 03/21/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This could be the soundtrack for your life! Everything on here is ink black and spooky, with two bits of Bach thrown in as palate cleansers.The Ravel stacks up nicely with my live Oistrakh, without the coughs and bad sound. It is a varied program: the Honegger and maybe even the Martinu are items one could reasonably expect to rarely or never encounter in the concert hall.The Matthias Pinscher will be the deal breaker for some; I find it passes without pain or any great joy. I cannot imagine anyone being dissapointed with either Zimmerman's pointed phrasing or Schiff's round, black tone."

A Selection of Works that Goes beyond the Norm

Chen Yao | Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA United States | 10/11/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I don't remember now how I stumbled upon this album, but it's the one that allowed me to discover Frank Peter Zimmermann, whose interpretation of these intellectually deep works lives up to their depth and challenge. I have since bought other CDs featuring Zimmermann, the most recent of which is his double CD on Bach's violin sonatasBach Sonaten Fr Violine und Klavier BWV.It showed an emotive side of Bach that was new to me, and I thoroughly enjoyed this new find. These two CDs are quite different, but Zimmermann demonstrated that he possesses both intellect and sensitivity, but never a dose of sentimentality."