Bach/Busoni/Beethoven/ James Rhodes (piano) | CD review

Signum"Caution – strong language" is not a note you would expect to find on a piano recital CD, but this is James Rhodes, the radical pianist who, in his drive to communicate beyond the music, explains his approach to Bach and Beethoven in a series of short interviews. He obviously loves the big-boned majesty of Busoni's transcription of Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C BWV 564, and brings a wildly emotional, personal insight into both Beethoven's Sonata No 30 in E opus 109 and Bach'...

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