Busoni, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Stravinsky / Kempf

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Release Date
February 1, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Freddy, Kempf
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 01, 2011
    • UPC
      7318599918105
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-SACD-1810
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Theme: Andante

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    2. Variation 1: Poco più mosso

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    3. Variation 2: L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    4. Variation 3: Tempo di menuetto

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    5. Variation 4: Andante

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    6. Variation 5: Allegro (ma non tanto)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    7. Variation 6: L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    8. Variation 7: Vivace

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    9. Variation 8: Adagio misterioso

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    10. Variation 9: Un poco più mosso

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    11. Variation 10: Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    12. Variation 11: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    13. Variation 12: L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    14. Variation 13: Agitato

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    15. Intermezzo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    16. Variation 14: Andante (come prima)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    17. Variation 15: L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    18. Variation 16: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    19. Variation 17: Meno mosso

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    20. Variation 18: Allegro con brio

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    21. Variation 19: Più mosso, Agitato

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    22. Variation 20: Più mosso

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    23. Coda: Andante

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    24. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (arr. F. Busoni)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    25. I. Modéré, tres franc

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    26. II. Assez lent, avec une expression intense

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    27. III. Modéré

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    28. IV. Assez anime

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    29. V. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    30. VI. Vif

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    31. VII. Moins vif

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    32. VIII. Epilogue: Lent

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    33. No. 1. Danse russe (Russian Dance)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    34. No. 2. Chez Petrouchka (Petrushka's Cell)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Freddy Kempf

    35. No. 3. La semaine grasse (The Shrove-tide Fair)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Freddy Kempf


All four works on this disc rely on existing compositions, with titles that more or less specifically refer to this fact. In the case of Rachmaninov's Corelli Variations, it is the famous theme used by Corelli in his violin sonata La Follia which undergoes a radical pianistic treatment taking it through all the sonic and atmospheric possibilities offered by the instrument. With his celebrated transcription of Bach's Chaconne, Ferruccio Busoni had a very different aim, wanting to shed new light on the work without actually changing it. As he himself wrote, Bach taught him 'to recognize the truth that good, great and universal music remains the same, regardless of whatever means through which it resounds.' A virtuoso pianist, Busoni nonetheless had recourse to great skills in writing idiomatically for the instrument, and turned his transcription into a truly pianistic work. Ravel's collection of waltzes was composed as a nod to Schubert, who in 1823 had written two collections of waltzes, the Valses nobles and Valses sentimentales. In no way is it possible to call the work a pastiche, however - in it Ravel shows the range of his musical palette, in a manner that caused Debussy to call his ear 'the most refined that has ever existed'. Finally, Stravinsky's Three movements from Petrushka is the composer's arrangement of music from his own ballet, commissioned by Arthur Rubinstein. The origin of the music to Petrushka was in fact a sketched work for piano and orchestra, and the later arrangement was therefore to an extent a return to the original concept. The result is a virtuoso piece, in which an almost percussive approach to the instrument is combined with lightning-quick changes in atmosphere and sound. Freddy Kempf has previously recorded no less than ten highly acclaimed solo discs for BIS, of which the latest also contained a series of legendary piano works, namely Mussorgsky's Pictures, Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit and Balakirev's Islamey - according to Gramophone's reviewer 'a formidable programme formidably played... This is "live" virtuosity with a vengeance, with absolutely no hint of a safety net.'