Bach: A Strange Beauty Debuts at No. 1

Bach: A Strange Beauty, pianist Simone Dinnerstein’s first album on Sony Classical, debuted at No. 1 on the Traditional Billboard Classical Chart. Dinnerstein is the only traditional classical artist ever to break into the Billboard Top 200.

The San Francisco Chronicle described Dinnerstein's performance on the album as "both fearless and sly" and the music as "luminous".

Featured nationally by classical radio stations and NPR, Bach: A Strange Beauty, Dinnerstein’s first orchestral disc, combines three transcriptions of Bach's Chorale Preludes with one of his English Suites and two of his Keyboard Concerti.

Dinnerstein’s special affinity with Bach has been recognized since her self-funded indie recording of the Goldberg Variations, which topped the Billboard Classical Chart in 2007, racked up impressive reviews, and was chosen by the New York Times as one of the year's best.  A second album, The Berlin Concert, debuted at No. 1 in 2008.

Dinnerstein's intense, expressive style and idiosyncratic approach to Bach is heard in her Sony Classical debut. Slate has called the Park Slope native “a throwback to such high priestesses of music as Wanda Landowska and Myra Hess".

Preview Bach: A Strange Beauty here. View Dinnerstein's performance videos and interviews here, and view her profile on CBS "Sunday Morning" here.

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