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Title:
Bach/Busoni
Goldberg Variations
Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland
Franz Liszt
Petrach Sonnets
Busoni
Recueillement
Musician:
Claudius Tanski, piano
Number of CDs: 1
Order Number:
MDG 312 1323-2
UPC-Code:
Mind-Expanding Experience
Absolute Dedication
On his MDG recordings crowned with many prizes
Claudius Tanski has shown what the compositional
artist Ferruccio Busoni formed from Bach and set on
its own new compositional ground. Here we present
another audiophile mind-expanding experience in the
field of late-romantic sound splendor — certainly more
than merely a “fully valid Busoni disc” (FonoForum).
Franz Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets were originally
designed as song compositions but reworked by Liszt
himself into poetic piano pieces with a sophistication
similar to that of Busoni in his approach to Bach’s
works — the common denominator is unmistakable:
absolute dedication to beautiful sound.
Modern Fulfillment
Claudius Tanski’s prominence can be gathered from
the resonance that his MDG CDs have occasioned in
the music world:
For the pianist Busoni, Bach’s artistry was the point of
departure for modern piano playing. With his sound
expansions Busoni fulfilled the “necessity of history”;
in his eyes he was not arranging Bach but guiding him
to a sound that in the eighteenth century “had been
left behind the great composer.” What he meant by
this can now be heard once more on this recording
premiere on a carefully restored Steinway from 1901.
Enthusiastic Continuation
Busoni’s Bach arrangements are borne by two
characteristics,
by
enthusiasm
and
naiveté.
Accordingly, Busoni chastised his baroque model for
having limited “his” Goldberg Variations to a mere
twenty, reinforced the bass with magnificent octave
doublings, ornamented wherever he could ornament
— in other words, he enthusiastically continued the
compositional process.
Resonating Prominence
Ferruccio Busoni
Bach/Busoni: Toccata D minor, Ich ruf zu dir, Wachet
auf; Busoni, 4 Elegies, Sonatina seconda etc.
MDG 312 0436-2
Franz Liszt: Sonata B minor & further piano music
Claudius Tanski, piano
MDG 312 0957-2
Adolph Henselt: Chamber Music
Benjamin Schmid, violin; Clemens Hagen, violoncello
Claudius Tanski, piano
MDG 312 1022-2
Hans Pfitzner: Piano Trio op. 8, Sonata op. 27
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Clemens Hagen, violoncello
Claudius Tanski, piano
MDG 312 0934-2
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