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Bach Nostalghia / Francesco Piemontesi
PENTATONE

Bach Nostalghia / Francesco Piemontesi

$19.99

Details

Composer
BACH BUSONI
Artist
Francesco Piemontesi
Format
CD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Apr 02, 2021
Catalog #
PTC5186846
UPC
827949084669

About

On Nostalghia, his second PENTATONE album, pianist Francesco Piemontesi presents original works of Bach, alongside Bach transcriptions and works inspired by Bach from Ferruccio Busoni, Wilhelm Kempff and Maximilian Schnaus. Whereas many modern-day musicians aim to revive the instruments used in Bach’s own time, Piemontesi explores the tradition of Bach transcriptions for piano. This tradition started in the nineteenth-century, found its most prominent exponent in Busoni, and is still alive today, as Schnaus’s transcription of Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter demonstrates. Despite using an instrument not yet existing in the composer’s time, Busoni and others sought to interpret Bach’s music with utmost reverence and study, expanding our notions of authenticity and Werktreue. For Piemontesi, playing Bach through the eyes of Busoni, Kempff and Schnaus incites a sense of nostalgia, re-establishing the ties to a rich pianistic tradition. The album title refers to Andrei Tarkovsky’s Nostalghia, a 1983 film about nostalgia and the untranslatability of art and culture. Francesco Piemontesi is among the most-cherished pianists of our age, and presents the second fruit of his exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE, having released the acclaimed Schubert - Last Piano Sonatas in 2019.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 Prelude 08:32
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude
    Duration
    08:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  2. 2 18 Chorales, BWV 651-668, "Leipziger Chorale": Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (arr. F. Busoni for piano) 04:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    18 Chorales, BWV 651-668, "Leipziger Chorale": Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (arr. F. Busoni for piano)
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  3. 3 6 Schübler Chorales, BWV 645-650: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (arr. F. Busoni for piano) 04:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    6 Schübler Chorales, BWV 645-650: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (arr. F. Busoni for piano)
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  4. 4 I. [Allegro] 04:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. [Allegro]
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  5. 5 II. Andante 04:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  6. 6 III. Presto 03:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  7. 7 Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano (arr. W. Kempff for piano) 03:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano (arr. W. Kempff for piano)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  8. 8 6 Schübler Chorales, BWV 645-650: Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650 (arr. M. Schnaus for piano) 03:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    6 Schübler Chorales, BWV 645-650: Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650 (arr. M. Schnaus for piano)
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  9. 9 Toccata 09:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    Toccata
    Duration
    09:16
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi
  10. 10 Fugue 07:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    Fugue
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Francesco Piemontesi