New Classical Tracks: A Young Pianist's Bach  by Julie Amacher
March 22, 2011  Listen New Classical Tracks - January 19, 2011
Larger view  Francis Bacon wrote, "There is no excellent beauty
that hath not some strangeness in the proportion." It's that
quote which inspired the title for Simone Dinnerstein's latest
recording, "Strange Beauty." Dinnerstein says that title really
describes for her the music of Bach. "When I heard that quote it
made me think of Bach's music because I think that though we
tend to think about Bach as being about symmetry and mathematics
and perfect form, he actually tends to shy away from those forms
and he always deviates from them, harmonically or rhythmically
or in terms of the voicing of the chord or a melody. And it's
those times that he moves away from what's expected and does
something which is, you know, essentially a purposeful mistake,
it's those times that makes the music so incredibly special and
beautiful and human."  Dinnerstein's big breakthrough occurred
when she deci