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Busoni, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Stravinsky / Kempf

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Composer
BACH, J.S.
Artist
Freddy, Kempf
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Feb 01, 2011
Catalog #
BIS-SACD-1810
UPC
7318599918105

About

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.'

Tracklist 35 tracks

  1. 1 Theme: Andante 00:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    Theme: Andante
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  2. 2 Variation 1: Poco più mosso 00:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    Variation 1: Poco più mosso
    Duration
    00:39
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  3. 3 Variation 2: L'istesso tempo 00:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variation 2: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  4. 4 Variation 3: Tempo di menuetto 00:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variation 3: Tempo di menuetto
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  5. 5 Variation 4: Andante 00:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variation 4: Andante
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  6. 6 Variation 5: Allegro (ma non tanto) 00:20
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 5: Allegro (ma non tanto)
    Duration
    00:20
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  7. 7 Variation 6: L'istesso tempo 00:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 6: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:21
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  8. 8 Variation 7: Vivace 00:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 7: Vivace
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  9. 9 Variation 8: Adagio misterioso 01:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 8: Adagio misterioso
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  10. 10 Variation 9: Un poco più mosso 01:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 9: Un poco più mosso
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  11. 11 Variation 10: Allegro scherzando 00:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variation 10: Allegro scherzando
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  12. 12 Variation 11: Allegro vivace 00:21
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variation 11: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    00:21
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  13. 13 Variation 12: L'istesso tempo 00:39
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variation 12: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:39
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  14. 14 Variation 13: Agitato 00:39
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variation 13: Agitato
    Duration
    00:39
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  15. 15 Intermezzo 01:11
    Track
    15
    Title
    Intermezzo
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  16. 16 Variation 14: Andante (come prima) 00:54
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variation 14: Andante (come prima)
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  17. 17 Variation 15: L'istesso tempo 01:26
    Track
    17
    Title
    Variation 15: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  18. 18 Variation 16: Allegro vivace 00:27
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variation 16: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  19. 19 Variation 17: Meno mosso 01:02
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variation 17: Meno mosso
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  20. 20 Variation 18: Allegro con brio 00:35
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variation 18: Allegro con brio
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  21. 21 Variation 19: Più mosso, Agitato 00:30
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variation 19: Più mosso, Agitato
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  22. 22 Variation 20: Più mosso 00:56
    Track
    22
    Title
    Variation 20: Più mosso
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  23. 23 Coda: Andante 01:27
    Track
    23
    Title
    Coda: Andante
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  24. 24 Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (arr. F. Busoni) 13:57
    Track
    24
    Title
    Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (arr. F. Busoni)
    Duration
    13:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  25. 25 I. Modéré, tres franc 14:51
    Track
    25
    Title
    I. Modéré, tres franc
    Duration
    14:51
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  26. 26 II. Assez lent, avec une expression intense 02:23
    Track
    26
    Title
    II. Assez lent, avec une expression intense
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  27. 27 III. Modéré 01:18
    Track
    27
    Title
    III. Modéré
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  28. 28 IV. Assez anime 01:09
    Track
    28
    Title
    IV. Assez anime
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  29. 29 V. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime 01:19
    Track
    29
    Title
    V. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  30. 30 VI. Vif 00:40
    Track
    30
    Title
    VI. Vif
    Duration
    00:40
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  31. 31 VII. Moins vif 02:46
    Track
    31
    Title
    VII. Moins vif
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  32. 32 VIII. Epilogue: Lent 03:50
    Track
    32
    Title
    VIII. Epilogue: Lent
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  33. 33 No. 1. Danse russe (Russian Dance) 02:29
    Track
    33
    Title
    No. 1. Danse russe (Russian Dance)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  34. 34 No. 2. Chez Petrouchka (Petrushka's Cell) 04:44
    Track
    34
    Title
    No. 2. Chez Petrouchka (Petrushka's Cell)
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf
  35. 35 No. 3. La semaine grasse (The Shrove-tide Fair) 07:55
    Track
    35
    Title
    No. 3. La semaine grasse (The Shrove-tide Fair)
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Freddy Kempf