ASAKO OGAWA
Harpsichord, Fortepiano & Piano
"The ebb and flow resulting from Ogawa's impressive cantabile control in the E minor Forth Suite's Allemande arguably surpasses even such luminaries as Blandine Verlet and Colin Tilney, while few harpsichordists match Ogawa's shapely lilt in the F major Second Suite's fugal Allegro, -
In all, her Handel Suites count among the best recorded versions."
Jed Distler, Gramophone
Handel 8 Great Suites Album
Asako Ogawa explores the rich variety of styles with rhythmic suppleness and lively feeling for characterisation. Her extrovert gestures are spontaneous and authoritative -
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nicholas Anderson, BBC Music Magazine
Handel 8 Great Suites album
"She is reflective in slower movements and exciting in faster ones like the Courantes and Gigues, while retaining a sense of poise. - Overall, this recording is a considerable achievement and can be recommended for many gratifying insights."
Noel O'Regan Early Music review
Handel 8 Great Suites album
"...her playing radiated excitement, and vivid sense of the character of each individual piece..."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Michael Church, BBC Music Magazine
Bach 6 Partitas album
"I found her lyrical playing engaging from the start..This is a capable and sensitive player who is intelligently inside the music, and quite capable of drawing us into it..."
David Stancliff, Early Music Review
Bach 6 Partitas album
"Asako Ogawa plays Bach's Partitas with refined control.
Ogawa's sound world was a place where I was very happy to live"
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Michael Church, INDEPENDENT
Bach 6 Partitas album
"Ogawa is incredibly precise and nimble, ,,,impressive two CD set with great spirit"
Classical Notes
Bach 6 Partitas album
"There is a clarity to her approach, every detail of Bach's part writing is clear "
Robert Hugill
Bach Goldberg Variations album
