An episode dedicated to one work. A whimsical piece that has sparked many controversies about its ‘proper’ performance. With insights from Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Ferruccio Busoni and Heinrich Schenker, among others.
00:00 Intro
00:36 Arpeggios
08:36 A voice that speaks
13:55 Instructive editions
25:04 Secco, maestoso…
31:27 …or espressivo?
Music fragments:
J.S. Bach, Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge d-moll BWV 903. Lodewijk Muns*
23:41 idem. György Sándor. Columbia Masterworks ML 4304 (1950)
25:54 idem. Alexis Weissenberg. Erato 1972
33:09 idem. Edwin Fischer. Warner Classics 6294992 (1931)
*complete: https://lodewijkmuns.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BWV0903_fantasie_und_fuge-1.mp3
Text quotations: see the references in Bach on the Piano on this website.
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