Sharona Joshua - Selected Fortepiano Works: Sonatas Rondos & Fantasy

'...the music of CPE Bach is seldom played. You have to wonder why listening to Israeli pianist Sharona Joshua's stunning performances in this collection. The breathtaking originality of the playing, wonderfully appropriate on the early fortepiano, with it's intimate, dry tone, catches every revolutionary nuance of Bach's unsung genius. If CPE's day ever comes then Joshua must be seen as his critical missionary.' Michael Tumelty, The Herald '...Here is a beautifully played and recorded disc... Joshua strikes out a new path, which makes total sense to the listener. It is the fine line between emotion and intellect that Joshua draws from so well. She combines scholarship with genuine musical understanding and an excellent technique. I recommend this disc strongly.' Robert Matthew-Walker, International Record Review Israeli-born Sharona Joshua studied the piano with Professor Alexander Volkov and was awarded numerous scholarships during her studies at the Rubin Academy leading to a BMus degree in performance in 1995. In 1993-4 she studied fortepiano in London with the late Christopher Kite after being awarded a further scholarship to spend a year at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She took part in masterclasses at the Jerusalem Music Centre with fortepianists Zvi Meniker and Malcolm Bilson and returned to England in 1996 to study early keyboards with David Roblou and Richard Egarr. She also took tuition with fortepiano specialist Sally Sargent in Vienna. Sharona is now based permanently in London where she appears regularly as a soloist, chamber musician and continuo player on concert platform and radio and gives several performances each season at the South Bank Centre and the Wigmore Hall. She has performed as soloist at major festivals all over the UK as well as abroad. Sharona has also given numerous masterclasses in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

1) Sonata in G minor WQ.65/17 (H.47) - Allegro
2) Sonata in G minor WQ.65/17 (H.47) - Adagio
3) Sonata in G minor WQ.65/17 (H.47) - Allegro Assai
4) Fantasia in E Flat Major WQ.58/6 (H.277) - Allegro Di Molto
5) Sonata No.6 in F minor WQ.63/6 (H.75) - Allegro Di Molto
6) Sonata No.6 in F minor WQ.63/6 (H.75) - Adagio Affetuoso E Sost
7) Sonata No.6 in F minor WQ.63/6 (H.75) - Fantasia (Allegro Moder
8) Rondo in B Flat Major WQ.58/5 (H.267)
9) Sonata in C Major WQ.58/5 (H.157) - Allegro Moderato
10) Sonata in C Major WQ.65/36 (H.157) - Andante
11) Sonata in C Major WQ.65/36 (H.157) - Allegretto
12) Rondo in C minor WQ.65/36 (H.283) - Allegro
13) Sonata in B minor WQ.49/6 (H.36) - Moderato
14) Sonata in B minor WQ.49/6 (H.36) - Adagio Non Molto
15) Sonata in B minor WQ.49/6 (H.36) - Allegro
16) Rondo in F Major WQ.57/5 (H.266) - Allegretto