Concert in Great Festival Hall Salzburg meets enthusiastic resonanceStanding Ovations in the Festival HallThe Wave Quartet enthralled Salzburg's audience on the 8th, 9th and 10th of February with the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg under the direction of Carlos Dominguez-Nieto. Below you can read an excerpt of Horst Reischeböck's review for www.drehpunktkultur.at
„Ob sich’s der Thomaskantor wohl so hätte vorstellen mögen? Cembalokonzerte Johann Sebastian Bachs auf vier Marimbas. (...) Das Ergebnis: Begeisterungsstürme.
Das aus Afrika stammende Marimbaphon gab’s zwar vor rund dreihundert ...
...the most beautiful CD I have listened to in the last few years..., ...I have no word to express what this music moves in me...
Das sind nur 2 der begeisterten Reaktionen auf die Erste Barock CD des Wave Marimba Quartets ,Bach Concertos‘ in Zusammenarbeit mit Peter Sadlo und dem Originalklang Ensemble Salzburg Barock.
Mit dem Folgeprojekt Senza Riepieno setzt dasQuartet diese einzigartige Idee fort.
Let me say a few personal words about this CD, since Bogdan Bacanu has now been a special friend for many years. When he spoke to me about his new project for the first time, I was uncertain what the result would be. Would the four marimbas - which may really be looked at as modern instruments - match with the baroque music of JS Bach? But what stimulates a musician stronger than the desire to satisfy his curiosity?
From the first rehearsal on, I was enthralled! Today I can say that the venture was worthwhile. The result demonstrates how lucid the depth of JS Bach's...