Sandro Ivo Bartoli - Bach & Busoni: Complete Transcriptions (2014)
BAND/ARTIST: Sandro Ivo Bartoli
- Title: Bach & Busoni: Complete Transcriptions
- Year Of Release: 2014
- Label: Brilliant Classics
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 02:12:13
- Total Size: 374 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532: I. Prelude. Moderato
02. Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532: II. Fugue. Allegro moderato
03. Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 552: I. Prelude. Moderato maestoso
04. Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 552: II. Fugue. Sostenuto e tranquillo
05. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: I. Prelude. Tempo moderato, quasi improvisando
06. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: II. Intermezzo. Adagio
07. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: III. Fugue. Moderatamente Scherzando, un poco umoristico
08. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata. Adagio – Prestissimo
09. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: II. Fugue. Allegro sostenuto
10. Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Andante maestoso, ma non troppo lento)
11. Prelude. Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667 (Vivace maestoso)
12. Prelude. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Allegretto tranquillo, con semplicità devota)
13. Prelude. Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Adagio)
14. Prelude. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein, BWV 734a (Allegro)
15. Prelude. Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Andante)
16. Prelude. Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf, BWV 617 (Un poco agitato)
17. Prelude. Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637 (Andante mesto)
18. Prelude. Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 705 (Molto sostenuto)
19. Prelude. In dir ist Freude, BWV 615 (Allegro marcato)
20. Prelude. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665 (Andante non troppo)
21. Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 533: I. Prelude. Moderato deciso
22. Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 533: II. Fugue. Andante tranquillo
Ferruccio Busoni was a maestro Italian pianist who revolutionised piano transcription, truly bringing it into the modern era. At a time when transcriptions of organ music for piano clung tightly to the Romantic tradition, Busoni had the courage to take an interpretative, emancipatory approach, bringing out all of the unique qualities of the piano in his work, while remaining faithful to the core of Bach’s compositions. The comparable virtues of ‘rhythmic precision [and] greater impetuosity’ which he attributed to the piano are very much audible in this extraordinary album, from the delightful Prelude and Fugue in D major to the grandiose and virtuosic Two Toccatas, which Busoni placed at the very top of his ascending scale of difficulty for the transcriptions. The moods in this set range from soaring, majestic pieces that seem to aim straight at the heavens to poignant moments of the most sublime intimacy.
At the time, Busoni’s transcriptions were popular and controversial in equal parts, but his enduring success is manifest in the fact that today, his name has become inextricably linked with Bach. Perhaps most crucial to this achievement was, as album artist Sandro Ivo Bartoli puts it, his ‘lifelong, esoteric flirtation with achieving the impossible’.
Sandro Ivo Bartoli is one of the foremost interpreters of early 20th-century Italian piano music, and has played all over the world with orchestras such as the Philharmonia in London and the Deutsche Philharmonie. He also collaborated closely with the late great pianist Shura Cherkassky.
01. Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532: I. Prelude. Moderato
02. Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532: II. Fugue. Allegro moderato
03. Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 552: I. Prelude. Moderato maestoso
04. Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 552: II. Fugue. Sostenuto e tranquillo
05. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: I. Prelude. Tempo moderato, quasi improvisando
06. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: II. Intermezzo. Adagio
07. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: III. Fugue. Moderatamente Scherzando, un poco umoristico
08. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata. Adagio – Prestissimo
09. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: II. Fugue. Allegro sostenuto
10. Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Andante maestoso, ma non troppo lento)
11. Prelude. Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667 (Vivace maestoso)
12. Prelude. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Allegretto tranquillo, con semplicità devota)
13. Prelude. Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Adagio)
14. Prelude. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein, BWV 734a (Allegro)
15. Prelude. Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Andante)
16. Prelude. Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf, BWV 617 (Un poco agitato)
17. Prelude. Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637 (Andante mesto)
18. Prelude. Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 705 (Molto sostenuto)
19. Prelude. In dir ist Freude, BWV 615 (Allegro marcato)
20. Prelude. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665 (Andante non troppo)
21. Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 533: I. Prelude. Moderato deciso
22. Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 533: II. Fugue. Andante tranquillo
Ferruccio Busoni was a maestro Italian pianist who revolutionised piano transcription, truly bringing it into the modern era. At a time when transcriptions of organ music for piano clung tightly to the Romantic tradition, Busoni had the courage to take an interpretative, emancipatory approach, bringing out all of the unique qualities of the piano in his work, while remaining faithful to the core of Bach’s compositions. The comparable virtues of ‘rhythmic precision [and] greater impetuosity’ which he attributed to the piano are very much audible in this extraordinary album, from the delightful Prelude and Fugue in D major to the grandiose and virtuosic Two Toccatas, which Busoni placed at the very top of his ascending scale of difficulty for the transcriptions. The moods in this set range from soaring, majestic pieces that seem to aim straight at the heavens to poignant moments of the most sublime intimacy.
At the time, Busoni’s transcriptions were popular and controversial in equal parts, but his enduring success is manifest in the fact that today, his name has become inextricably linked with Bach. Perhaps most crucial to this achievement was, as album artist Sandro Ivo Bartoli puts it, his ‘lifelong, esoteric flirtation with achieving the impossible’.
Sandro Ivo Bartoli is one of the foremost interpreters of early 20th-century Italian piano music, and has played all over the world with orchestras such as the Philharmonia in London and the Deutsche Philharmonie. He also collaborated closely with the late great pianist Shura Cherkassky.
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