Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 3 – Friedman, Grainger & Murdoch
10/27/2023, 17 Tracks, 1:17:21
Featuring
Piers Lane
Johann Sebastian Bach
Percy Grainger
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Composer Biography
Ignaz Friedman, a legendary pianist, spent his final years in Australia after being unable to leave during World War II, and died in Sydney on Australia Day in 1948.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bach's compositions are particularly suited for transcription due to a deep spirituality at their core, which resonated with the romantic idealism of the late 19th century.
Album & Artwork
This album is part of a Hyperion series dedicated to Bach transcriptions, a concept that was already being discussed in 2001.
Composer Biography
Percy Grainger, a multi-talented individual, was an outstanding pianist, an original composer, a linguist, a teacher, and an inventor of experimental instruments.
Compositional Technique
Grainger's transcriptions of Bach's fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier are described as 'oddities' due to their upbeat approach and use of non-traditional piano techniques like 'Bunched' fingering.
Interpretation
Piers Lane, the performer on this album, is a London-born pianist with dual Anglo-Australian nationality who has performed in over forty countries and is a well-known broadcaster for BBC Radio 3.
Composer Biography
William Murdoch, an Australian pianist, moved to London at eighteen to study piano and later forged a quietly successful career, notably in chamber music and recording.
