J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
BRIDGE 9357
Takae Ohnishi's towering performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations is performed on a superb new instrument from Harpsichord Atelier Marc Ducornet (Paris, 2010), based on a Ruckers model. Ms. Ohnishi has been the principal harpsichordist at Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, as well as a soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic Scharoun Ensemble, Gardner Chamber Orchestra, and continuo player with Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and Bach Collegium San Diego. Ms. Ohnishi is a prizewinner at the International Early Music Harpsichord Competition in Japan. Her debut CD "A Harpsichord Recital" was selected as an International Special Recommended CD by the leading Japanese music magazine, Record Gei-jyu-tsu. Ms. Ohnishi graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music, and holds a Masters degree from the New England Conservatory, and a DMA from Stony Brook University. Since 2007, she has been Lecturer of Harpsichord and Baroque Chamber Music at the University of California, San Diego, and has also taught at the University of San Diego. In 2011-12, Ms. Ohnishi served as Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.
Reviews:
“Ohnishi’s brilliant artistry immerses the listener in the creative and emotional narratives Bach unfolds with incomparable mastery.” - Gramophone
“Ms. Ohnishi is a one-woman orchestra behind those keys.” - ICON
“Ohnishi meticulously preserves the nuance of the variations; an ineffable quality many scholars attribute to Bach’s expansive, yet logically ordered musical imagination. Consequently, listeners are likely to become more aware of the multidimensional nature of the variations, and appreciate Ohnishi’s interpretation that much more.” - SCENE
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J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Takae Ohnishi, piano
BRIDGE 9357