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Cristiano Holtz

Description:

With the deep, rich tones produced by the 16-foot bass strings, this recording comes close to the sound Bach envisioned!Cristiano Outes, a Brazilian musician active primarily in Europe, is a master of the new generation who won the 2011 Record Academy Award for Special Category Recording from Ongaku no Tomosha for his recording of Handels Harpsichord Suites (RAM1004), released on the RAMEE label. In preparing to record the complete set of Bachs masterpieces, he selected an instrument that faithfully reproduces a famous harpsichord built in Hamburg during the composers lifetime, in order to get as close as possible to the true sound Bach envisioned. Featuring a 16-foot bass string set, this North German-style harpsichord is characterized by a rich tone that evokes the pedal technique of the North German organ schoola tradition that developed primarily in Hamburg and served as a model for Bach