Fur Elise: Kempff Transcriptions & Encores
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4801288
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Contents
Works
Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme'Chorale Prelude BWV727 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen'
Chorale Prelude BWV729 'In dulci jubilo'
Chorale Prelude BWV734 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein' (arr. Wilhelm Kempff for piano)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903
Flute Sonata in E flat major, BWV1031
Bagatelle no.25 in A minor, WoO59 'Fur Elise'
Pieces de clavecin III
Artists
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)Works
Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme'Chorale Prelude BWV727 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen'
Chorale Prelude BWV729 'In dulci jubilo'
Chorale Prelude BWV734 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein' (arr. Wilhelm Kempff for piano)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903
Flute Sonata in E flat major, BWV1031
Bagatelle no.25 in A minor, WoO59 'Fur Elise'
Pieces de clavecin III
Artists
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)About
While most of Kempff’s recordings were made for Deutsche Grammophon, his early Decca LPs and EPs are collector’s items. Here issued internationally on CD for the first time is the LP of his Bach recital coupled with a delicious record of miniatures by Couperin, Rameau and Beethoven, including the latter’s ubiquitous Für Elise. In his liner notes, Jed Distler compares Kempff’s arrangements of Bach with those of Busoni, and his performances with those of Hess and others. ‘Für Elise gently soars from Kempff’s fingers in full-throated, legato arcs that might convince you that the piano has lungs in addition to hammers and strings,’ he writes, and concludes, ‘The warm, naturally balanced and timbrally true sonic image typical of Decca’s piano recordings of this vintage only enhance Kempff’s singular artistry. Whatever one makes of his style, his spirit defines authenticity.’
‘…excellently recorded programme of arrangements made by Kempff himself…’ - Gramophone
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