The three composers are Rameau, Debussy, and Boulez, a list I feel pleased about given that it brings one of the emblematic figures of baroque/old music together in the same club with two emblematic figures of 20th century music demonstrating that the music of these two eras is most organically related. József Balog is of course known for closing chasms rather than opening them. Hearing him perform a Mozart sonata, a Saint-Saëns concert or a jazz improvisation we never feel he is a visiting outsider in the given style. He is truly at home everywhere from Bach to Péter Wolf.
Read MoreA brilliant representative of his age József Balog (1979) plays the works of Rameau (17-18th centuries), Debussy (19-20th century), and Boulez (20-21st century). It is indeed intriguing to listen to the dialogue of the composers over a huge temporal distance. And that is not pure chance.
Read MoreJózsef Balog does wonders, and we start to hope for a version with orchestra (jazz or symphonic, whatever)!
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