Roger Woodward - Recordings

Recordings

Woodward's recording of J.S. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier was Editor's Choice for The Gramophone's February 2010 publication, with German and UK critics describing this recording release as "setting a new standard after Gould and Barenboim". He was awarded the prestigious Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik for his Celestial Harmonies recording of Bach C minor and E minor Partitas and is a recipient of the Goethe Prize and Diapasion d'or by the German and French critics for recordings of works dedicated to him by Morton Feldman. Current recordings for Celestial Harmonies of the Debussy Préludes and Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues were released to exceptionally high praise from critics worldwide (The Independent (UK).

Woodward has made close to 100 recordings and currently records for the American label, Celestial Harmonies (www.harmonies.com) where details of his latest CDs may be found and are listed below. At the end of the entry for each CD are references for reviews.

As a chamber musician he worked with Ivry Gitlis, Philippe Hirschhorn, the Tokyo and Arditti String Quartets and is the frequent partner of the Alexander String Quartet in the U.S. Their recording of the Shostakovich Piano Quintet received high praise from European and American critics as did their recording for Celestial Harmonies of the Chopin F minor Concerto and the Beethoven C major Piano Quartet, WoO 36. At the invitation of Sviatoslav Richter, Roger Woodward performed with the Arditti String Quartet at La Grange de Meslay, Tours, and he frequently performed at Le festival d'automne à Paris and BBC Promenade Concerts. His live recording with Claudio Abbado for DGG, from the Wienerkonzerthaus, received very high praise.