Tag: Ferruccio Busoni

  • PROGRAM NOTES: IGOR LEVIT

    PROGRAM NOTES: IGOR LEVIT

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    Johann Sebastian Bach Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004 (arr. Brahms) The Bach revival of the 19th century began with a performance of the
 St. Matthew Passion in Berlin in 1829, conducted by the 20-year-old Felix Mendelssohn. It reached its stride at mid-century with the founding, by Robert Schumann and others, of the Bach-Gesellschaft, a society…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: BENJAMIN GROSVENOR

    PROGRAM NOTES: BENJAMIN GROSVENOR

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    Jean-Philippe Rameau Gavotte and Variations in A minor The modern pianist seeking to play the Baroque harpsichord repertoire faces many obstacles, starting with the friendly fire of his own trusty Steinway itself, so different in sound from the perky little plucked-string sound box for which this music was originally written. A note on the harpsichord…