J. S. BACH
Bach: Keyboard Concertos BWV 1052, 1055, 1056 & 1058 (LP) David Fray (piano) [ Erato Classics Vinyl / 2 CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] 'Fray's debut is marked by an imaginative collation, Bach and Boulez, played with vibrant imagination. He pushes the boundaries but resists the merely quirky. Impeccable technique allows him to speak from the heart with deceptive ease.' BBC Music... |
J. S. BACH
Piano Works (Incls Partitas Nos 2 & 6) David Fray (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 18/Dec/2012 ] "Fray's touch is exactly nuanced, its technical control aristocratically poised, produces sonorities of irresistably pellucid light and shade. And his rhythmic vitality is acute." BBC Music Magazine, March 2013 **** |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Ghost Light (a ballet by John Neumeier) BLU-RAY Hamburg Ballet / David Fray (piano) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Apr/2021 ] "A touching evening" (BR Klassik) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas for violin and keyboard Renaud Capucon (violin) / David Fray (piano) [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "Fray is the star of this album. Duo partner Renaud Capuçon's sound is velvety, sometimes tender. But, on the whole, it is overly charged with electricity" Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations David Fray (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 26/Nov/2021 ] David Fray adds a landmark of the solo keyboard repertoire to his Bach discography: the Goldberg Variations. "The Goldberg Variations are a real test," he says. "They are the work of a lifetime, perhaps a work about life itself." |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
David Fray plays Chopin David Fray (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "Fray uses plenty of pedal, but one is struck by his bright, clean sound, and by the way he lets each piece unfold; the ornamentation is leisurely and pellucid, every note in every arpeggiation fastidiously placed, and his singing line is a delight" |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Keyboard Concertos BWV 1052, 1055, 1056 & 1058 David Fray (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 12/Dec/2008 ] 'Fray's debut is marked by an imaginative collation, Bach and Boulez, played with vibrant imagination. He pushes the boundaries but resists the merely quirky. Impeccable technique allows him to speak from the heart with deceptive ease.' BBC Music... |
J. S. BACH
Swing, Sing & Think: David Fray records Bach - a film by Bruno Monsaingeon David Fray (piano) [ Erato DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] This absorbing 95-minute documentary about the young French pianist David Fray is directed by Bruno Monsaingeon, the distinguished filmmaker whose previous collaborations with Virgin Classics include DVDs with Piotr Anderszewski and Valery Sokolov,... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Keyboard Concertos for 2, 3 & 4 Pianos David Fray (piano) with Emmanuel Christien, Audrey Vigoreux, Jacques Rouvier / Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse [ Erato Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] "Repeated listening is essential; again and again with true delight. Highly recommended." Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |
SCHUBERT
Fantaisie David Fray (piano) with Jacques Rouvier (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] "Recorded in the excellent acoustic of Église Notre Dame du Liban, Paris the sound is vividly clear, being clear, cool and crisp. This is a mightily impressive release with Fray and his partner Rouvier creating a wide range of colour in what are pass |