• The Well-Tempered Clavier, with the notes, for those who truly love music.
  • I have never heard "Book 1" done better. You hear Bach with new ears.
    Grego Applegate Edwards
  • This is a recording to change your perception of the Well-Tempered Clavier.
    Campbell Vertesi
  • A brilliant performance and brilliant set all around!
    Robert Cummings, Classical.net
  • She has a very poetic touch, and seems to have a wide variety of colours at her fingertips
    Robert Hugill
2012: New York Times, James Oestreich

Senior New York Times music critic, James Oestreich, attended Kimiko Ishizaka's performance of the entire Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, in the W.M.P. Concert Hall, New York City, on September 20, 2012. Kimiko performed on a Bösendorfer grand piano.

A gifted and obviously devoted Bachian, Ms. Ishizaka on Thursday performed the 24 preludes and fugues of Book 1 from memory and without major flaw.

Ms. Ishizaka kept things moving nicely and raised the energy level after intermission, occasionally rising to a touch of virtuosic flair, as in the A major Fugue, which she ended with a private little smile.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/arts/music/kimiko-ishizaka.html?pagewanted=...