Pianist Jill Crossland plays J.S. Bach Keyboard Works

Divine Art Recordings are preparing an album of keyboard works by J.S. Bach, played by English pianist Jill Crossland, which will be officially released on January 8, 2021 though available direct from Divine Art as CD or digital download from mid-December. The recording was originally issued in 2003, on the Calico Classics label which was devoted to recordings by Crossland and distributed by Divine Art; it is now being transferred to the main lower-price Diversions imprint.

Jill Crossland studied with Ryszard Bakst in Manchester and with Paul Badura-Skoda in Vienna. Her repertoire is firmly rooted in the baroque and classical periods, with a particular focus on Johann Sebastian Bach. Her style has been described as ‘intimately scaled and sensitively nuanced’ (Gramophone). Since 2006 her recordings have appeared on both Divine Art and Signum.

Jill Crossland: Bach Keyboard Works (played on modern piano)

Diversions DDV 24169

Works (all by J.S. Bach)

• Toccata in D major, BWV 912
• English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807
• Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
• Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903

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