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David Fray – Swing, Sing & Think

In January 2008, David Fray recorded his second disc, in which he directed the Deutsche Kammer Philarmonie Bremen from the piano, with a programme this time comprising four keyboard concertos by Bach – concertos which, together with the famous Brandenburg Concertos, are among Bach’s most popular and stimulating works.
One of the main problems posed for the present-day performer of these works is that they have been “touched” by Glenn Gould; this “rascal Gould, who has stamped his indelible mark on them”, as David Fray puts it.
But Bach’s music is so rich and boundless that there remain numerous exciting options for the performer’s imagination – assuming that he has any- and David Fray’s imagination happens to be one of his most striking charateristics. Bruno Monsaingeon