Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J.S. Bach for piano, Op. 81
Variationen über das Motiv von Bach: Weinen, Klagen, for piano, S. 180 (LW A214)
Präludium und Fuge über das Motiv B.A.C.H., for piano, S. 529/1 (LW A250/1)
Sinfonia from Wir danken dir, transcription for piano (after J.S. Bach, BWV 29)
Orgel-Fantasie & Fuge (I & II), for piano in G minor, S. 463 (LW A244) (after J.S. Bach: BWV 542)
Jesu bleibet meine Freude, transcription for piano (after J.S. Bach, BWV 147)
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, transcription for piano (after J. S. Bach BWV 659a)
Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit, transcription for piano (after J.S. Bach, BWV307)
Befiehl du deine Wege, transcription for piano (after J. S. Bach's, BWV 727)
Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesus Christus, transcription for piano (after J. S. Bach, BWV 639)
Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme, transcription for piano (after Bach, BWV 645)
Toccatas, transcriptions (2) for piano in D minor & C major (BWV 564/565; BBGA 7/3), KiV B29: Toccata and Fugue for organ in D minor, BWV 565. 1. Toccata
Toccatas, transcriptions (2) for piano in D minor & C major (BWV 564/565; BBGA 7/3), KiV B29: Toccata and Fugue for organ in D minor, BWV 565. 2. Fugue
Siciliano from Flute Sonata in E major, transcription for piano (after J. S. Bach BWV 1031)
Chaconne, transcription for piano in D minor (after J. S. Bach, BWV 1004), KiV B24
This is German piano music and German piano playing at its best. Taking as their template the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, later composer-pianists Franz Liszt, Max Reger, and Wilhelm Kempff wrote transcriptions of and variations on the master's works, thereby granting the music the full range of a modern concert grand plus the full benefit of a super virtuoso technique. The result is piano music of indisputable weight, undeniable density, and almost unbearable profundity -- also known as German piano music. Similarly, ...
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This is German piano music and German piano playing at its best. Taking as their template the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, later composer-pianists Franz Liszt, Max Reger, and Wilhelm Kempff wrote transcriptions of and variations on the master's works, thereby granting the music the full range of a modern concert grand plus the full benefit of a super virtuoso technique. The result is piano music of indisputable weight, undeniable density, and almost unbearable profundity -- also known as German piano music. Similarly, pianist Gerhard Oppitz has taken as his model his German forbearers, particularly Wilhelm Kempff, the doyen of German pianists, thereby assuming an imperious tone, an introverted interpretation, and a not quite super virtuoso technique -- also known as German piano playing.And it works magnificently. The sheer concentrated intensity of Oppitz's performances of Reger's Bach Variations and Fugue or Liszt's Präludium und Fuge easily overcomes any misgivings about the occasional slipped...
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