Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge BWV1080

Xiao-Mei, Zhu

ACC 30308

Johann Sebastian Bach is for Zhu Xiao‐Mei the “reincarnation of a great Chinese wise man”. Bach plays a key role in her life – she is today one of the most significant interpreters of his music. The remarkable biography of this celebrated pianist gives her a unique position in the world of music. Her life has taken her from the re‐education camps of the Chinese Cultural Revolution to Paris, where her international career as a pianist began rather late, but for that all the more successful. In Leipzig, where Bach held his final professional position and where he composed The Art of Fugue, Zhu Xiao‐Mei recorded this contrapuntal masterpiece, which is for her “the absolute zenith of polyphonic art.” As she says, “The Art of Fugue exercises a total fascination on you. It’s like a magnet: you can’t detach yourself from it. It is music that opens the gates to an infinite world where time no longer exists; a world where beauty and peace reign supreme, detached from all earthly contingencies.“

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Accentus

14-08-2014

4260234830705

ICMA 'Nominee' (2015)