LATEST RECORDINGS
CELESTIAL HARMONIES - CDs
http://www.harmonies.com/catalog/newcds.htm
COMING EARLY SEPTEMBER : Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues
3277-2 Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 F Minor Op 21 / Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Quartet No 3 C Major WoO36
Roger Woodward, piano/ Alexander String Quartet
13279-2 DEBUSSY: Preludes, Books 1 & 2, Roger Woodward, piano
Read More...1992-5 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Roger Woodward, piano
Read More...19922-5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOKS I & II BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 POCKET SCORES, COMPLETE EDITION) - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO
BACH - No. 1!
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/May10/Bach_WTK1_Pollini_schepkin.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Apr10/Bach_Woodward_199225.htm
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-roger-woodward-bach-the-welltempered-clavier-celestial-harmonies-1923549.html
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/May10/Bach_WTK1_Pollini_schepkin.htm
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-roger-woodward-bach-the-welltempered-clavier-celestial-harmonies-1923549.html
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/Bach_Woodward_199225.htm
http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/bachs-bold-recording-angels/2010/02/09/1265477590702.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
13280-2 Johann Sebastian BACH: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue BWV 903, Partita No. 2 BWV 826, Partita No. 6 BWV 830 - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO (.pdf ENGLISH) (.pdf GERMAN),
released September 2007
http://www.blacksun.com/releases/13280.htm
Awarded prestigious German Critics’ Award : “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” November 2007.
Reviews: http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_cd_review.php?id=5481
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19922-5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOKS I & II BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 POCKET SCORES, COMPLETE EDITION) - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO
20/20!
Musik an Sich, Frankfurt
Bach, J. S. (Woodward), Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I & II
Info Musikrichtung: Barock Klavier
VÖ: 19.10.2009
(Celestial Harmonies / 2 & 5 CD / DDD / 2008)
Georg Henkel
(Translated by Adriana Schuler)
Profound
The Australian pianist Roger Woodward has been playing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach his whole life. But only recently has the public been able to listen to his live performances or CD recordings. One of the first fruits of Woodward’s encounters with Bach is a recording containing amongst others works, the Chromatic Fantasie and two Partitas from the first part of the Clavier-Übung, which received the 2007 special prize, awarded by the critics of the German recording industry. But this recording becomes …
19922-5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOKS I & II BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 POCKET SCORES, COMPLETE EDITION) - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO\
Woodward Restores Lyricism to the WTC, March 19, 2010
By Alastair Corbett “AJC” (Beecroft, NSW, AU) Source: http://www.amazon.com
This review is from: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II, BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 Pocket Scores, Complete Edition)
(Audio CD) …..I was initially sceptical that a recording using the full sonority of a Hamburg D Steinway would produce an excessively Romanticised WTC but I find it a welcome antidote to other rather dry performances where there has been an attempt to produce a harpsichord effect….
19922-5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOKS I & II BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 POCKET SCORES, COMPLETE EDITION) - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO
The Gramophone, February 2010 – Editor’s Choice
Perahia’s Partitas . Woodward’s wonderful Bach . Horowitz celebrated….
Imaginative performances by Woodward that rank alongside the very best.
SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG 17. April 2010,
REINHARD J. BREMBECK
Shiva meets Bach
...These recordings resulted in four-and-a-half stellar hours ……
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19922-5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOKS I & II BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 POCKET SCORES, COMPLETE EDITION) - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO
Sublime WTC - January 31, 2010
By David Cates (Berkeley CA USA)
This review is from: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II, BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 Pocket Scores, Complete Edition)
(Audio CD) Source: http://www.amazon.com
…… This is a lovely piano performance of the great Well-Tempered Clavier. The best one I recall hearing…..A must-have performance.
13277-2 FRYDERYK CHOPIN: PIANO CONCERTO NO 2 F MINOR OP. 21 / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: PIANO QUARTET NO. 3 C MAJOR WoO 36 -
ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO / ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/Chopin_Woodward_132772.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/chopin_woodward_142602.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Feb10/Chopin_200th_9671172.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/chopin_woodward_142602.htm
13277-2 FRYDERYK CHOPIN: PIANO CONCERTO NO 2 F MINOR OP. 21 / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: PIANO QUARTET NO. 3 C MAJOR WoO 36 -
ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO / ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET
The Glorious Five by Dr Daniel Krause, klassic.com
http://magazin.klassik.com/reviews/reviews.cfm?TASK=REVIEW&RECID=16540&REID=10942
Translated text:
Along with one of Beethoven’s early piano quartets Chopin’s second piano concerto in f-minor, was recently recorded by the Alexander String Quartet together with Roger Woodward. Their interpretation turned out to be a masterpiece through the use …… read more…..
13277-2 FRYDERYK CHOPIN: PIANO CONCERTO NO 2 F MINOR OP. 21 / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: PIANO QUARTET NO. 3 C MAJOR WoO 36 -
ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO / ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET
Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung
Ausgabe vom 21.1.2010
classics overview
COOL CHOPIN
Chopin’s birthday is coming up. As usual we can expect more new interpretations of the same old pieces, because the total oeuvre is small. …read more…..
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY, PRELUDES BOOKS 1 AND 2
Celestial Harmonies, 13279-2
http://www.harmonies.com/releases/13279.htm
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-roger-woodward-debussy-preludes-books-12-celestial-harmonies-1927869.html
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/Debussy_Woodward_132792.htm
http://www.musikansich.de/review.php?id=7836
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/Debussy_Woodward_132792.htm
text below
Dominy Clements.. I find myself in difficulties when writing about recordings which are so very good, it is hard to find a balance which describes a believeable truth as I hear it, without making a text which just ends up turning into sycophantic hyperbole. Looking on the Celestial Harmonies website, at least I am supported by the artist himself, who “considers [this] possibly the best recording of his career”. Even on only a first…….
CLAUDE DEBUSSY, PRELUDES BOOKS 1 AND 2
Celestial Harmonies, 13279-2
The Independent, Classical Album: Roger Woodward, Debussy: Preludes, Books 1&2 (Celestial Harmonies)
(Rated 5/ 5 ), Reviewed by Andy Gill
Friday, 26 March 2010
In this masterful series of Debussy’s Preludes, pianist Roger Woodward perfectly evokes the composer’s intuitive musical spirit, and his inimitable sense of quiet, measured exploration. ….. read more
CLAUDE DEBUSSY, PRELUDES BOOKS 1 AND 2
Celestial Harmonies, 13279-2
The Sydney Morning Herald
28 December 2009, Classical
“The best recordings by an Australian artist were Roger Woodward’s Debussy Preludes and Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier with the American label Celestial Harmonies.”
Peter McCallum
Debussy: Préludes Books 1 & 2 – Roger Woodward
Debussy: Préludes Livre 1, Children’s Corner etc. – Nelson Freire
Celestial Harmonies (Vertrieb Naxos) – R. Woodward
Decca – N. Freire
Celestial Harmonies 13279-2 / Decca 478 1111
7869 / 00171
6 163 713 (Woodward) / 6 163 714 (Freire)Gute Pianisten altern nicht, sie reifen - so wie ein guter Wein im Idealfall an Tiefe und Reichtum der Geschmacksnuancen zunimmt. Der Vergleich sei in diesem Fall einmal erlaubt, denn wir möchten Ihnen heute zwei “gereifte” Pianisten vorstellen, die sich interessanterweise dem selben Repertoire zugewandt haben. Die Rede ….. read more
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
2010
January 19, 7.30pm
The Xenakis Project of the Americas
launch of book Performing Xenakis (Pedragon Press) combined with all-Xenakis concert performed by artists whose essays appear in the new publication.
Elebash Hall, Graduate Center of City University of New York, NYC
January 30, 10.00am
Dvorak Piano Quintet, with Alexander String Quartet and Bob Greenberg
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, California
March 11, 7 for 7.30pm
Recital: Debussy Estampes, Twelve Preludes Book II; Bach Partita No 6 E minor, BWV830
49 Queen’s Gate Terrace, London SW7, England
Tickets from the Tait Memorial Trust, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address); London 020 73852719
April 21, 1.10pm
Recital with Tony Clarone (Chief Clarinet, SFSO) and Jassen Todorov
works by Bartok, Milhaud and Schubert
Knuth Hall, SFSU
May 3
Address & performance on the occasion of Poland’s Constitution Day
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
June 23
Goulburn Conservatorium of Music, Australia
Chopin Recital
June 25
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith Australia
Masterclass
June 26
Joan Sutherland Perforing Arts Centre, Penrith Australia
Chopin Recital
June 27
Sydney Opera House, Utzon Recital Series, 2pm and 5pm
Chopin Recitals
July 3
Melbourne Recital Centre, Elizabeth Murdoch Recital Hall
Chopin Recital
July 4
Scotch College Melbourne
Masterclass
December 11
Berkeley, California, USA, St John’s Presbyterian Church, 10am
Dvorak Piano Quintet with Alexander String Quartet and Robert Greenburg
2011
Festival of Reims, France
July 3
Debussy Estampes, Préludes Book II, and J.S.Bach Sixth Partita in E minor, BWV 830
July 6
J.S.Bach 24 Preludes and Fugues, Book I, from The Well-Tempered Clavier BWV 846-869
July 11
J.S.Bach 24 Preludes and Fugues, Book II, from The Well-Tempered Clavier BWV 870-893
July 13
Xenakis Paille in the Wind with cellist Rohan de Saram
July 15
Xenakis Keqrops with Orchestre de Lille directed by Arturo Tamayo
July 17
Xenakis Akea with The Jack String Quartet, New York
THE ARTIST
Roger Woodward’s recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier was Editor’s Choice for The Gramophone’s February, 2010 publication and German and UK critics described this release as setting a new standard after Gould and Barenboim. He was awarded the prestigious Preis der
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