RECORDINGS
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- The Well-Tempered Clavier (complete, 2006)
- 24 Preludes and Fugues, BWV 846-869, Book I
- 24 Preludes and Fugues, BWV 870-893, Book II
- Transcriptions: by Liszt, Busoni, Crochet (Mercury)
- Prelude and Fugue in B minor, S. 544
- Prelude and Fugue in A minor, S. 543
- 3 Chorale Preludes
- Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Opus 110
- Complete piano works (first complete recording)
- 13 Barcarolles
- Marzurka Op. 32
- 13 Nocturnes
- Pieces brèves Op. 84
- Preludes Op. 103
- Songs Without Words Op. 17
- Theme and Variations Op. 73
- 4 Valse-Caprices
- Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 310
- Eighteen Pieces (world premiere)
- Nouvelles Pièces Froides
- Effronterie, Désespoir agréable, Songe creux, Profondeur, Prélude canin
- Avant-dernières Pensées
- 2 Rêveries Nocturnes
- Premi&eguave;re Pensée Rose-Croix, Petite Ouverture à danser
- Les Trois Valses distinguées du Précieux dégoûté
- 6 Gnossiennes
- 3 Gymnopédies
- Piano Sonata in A minor, Opus 143
- Three Pieces, Opus Posthumous
- Four-Hand Duets (with Alfred Brendel) (Vox, Decca, Turnabout)
- Fantasia in F minor, Op. 103
- Allegro in A minor, "Lebensstürme" Op. 144
- “Grand Duo” Sonata in C major, Op. 140
On her recording of the Well Tempered Clavier:
“PIANIST HAS STUDIED BACH’S ‘CLAVIER’ SINCE AGE 10 AND IT SHOWS”
“Three new versions have appeared in recent months, all by senior pianists who have made the work their lifelong study: Daniel Barenboim (Warner Classics), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca), and Evelyne Crochet (Music & Arts).... The most completely satisfying playing comes from Evelyne Crochet .... Because this music was meant to be studied and played in private, recording is an ideal medium for Crochet’s intimate, sensitive, poetic, and reflective playing, which is also exceptional for its beauty of tone.”
- Richard Dyer, Boston Globe
“Musicians have always cherished the Well Tempered Clavier.... None, in my hearing, has been more all-round persuasive than Evelyne Crochet, and none has seemed to be more fully identified with the work. To her fellow musicians ... it will come as no surprise that this set simply and clearly calls for the top recommendation among recordings of the WTC. The performance was shaped by a lifetime of constantly deepening understanding of the music .... [The recording] is beautifully attuned to the music itself and the exceptionally warm tone of its remarkable champion.”
- Richard Freed, Soundstage
“Beauty, elegance and exquisite pianism grace the new set of Bach’s complete Well Tempered Clavier played by Evelyne Crochet.... With Crochet, I hear ‘rays of light’ from the chromatic architecture that I’ve never heard from any other version.... [T]he performances take off into transcendent realms when her legato intersects with Bach’s dense chromatic structures.... I treasure this set for Crochet’s uplifting performance and consider it one of the best on record....”
- Donald Satz, Recording Review
On her recording of Fauré’s complete piano music:
“[A] must for Fauré fans.... [She] has undertaken the job which is, to judge from her sensitive playing, a labor of love. She has technique to spare but is in no hurry. Her tone is admirable for its clarity....”
- New York Times
“Her performances here combine an exquisite feeling for coloristic effects with kaleidoscopic fingerwork. She commands a formidable, indeed, a seemingly infallible virtuoso technique.... I am still astonished by the ravishing excellence of Crochet’s work on these discs and could hardly conceive of these interpretations being bettered.”
- High Fidelity Magazine
Download: 11_Prelude_in_D_minor__WTC_book_1.mp3
Download: 21_Prelude_in_F_major__WTC_book_1.mp3
Download: 11_Prelude_in_Bb_major__WTC_book_1.mp3
Download: 15_Prelude_in_Eb_minor__WTC_book_1.mp3
Download: 18_Fugue_in_E_major__WTC_book_1.mp3
J.S. BACH
The Well-Tempered Clavier
48 Preludes and Fugues, BWV 846-893
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Disc 1: 65' 45" Book 1 Preludes and Fugues 1–15, BWV 846–860 Disc 2: 67' 03" Book 1 Preludes and Fugues 16–24, BWV 861–870 Book 2 Preludes and Fugues 1–4, BWV 871–874 |
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Disc 3: 63' 49" Book 2 Preludes and Fugues 5–14, BWV 875–883 Disc 4: 62' 59" Book 2 Preludes and Fugues 15–24, BWV 884–893 |
Music & Arts, 2006
Recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City.
Producer/Engineer: Joanna Nickrenz, Marc Aubort, Elite Recordings, Inc., New York City.
Piano: Steinway
© 2002, Library of Congress
This 4CD set is priced at US$40 plus $5 shipping cost (USPS Priority Mail). Mode of payment: Check or PayPal. For inquiries, email : info@evelynecrochet.com.