Niels Viggo Bentzon's 'The Tempered Piano' features fugues interpreted in diverse styles, from strict Palestrinian vocal style to jazz-like and twelve-tone chromatic approaches.
Composer Biography
Niels Viggo Bentzon, the composer, was a prolific artist, with an enormous oeuvre numbering 700-800 works, and no clear overview of it exists.
Performer Biography
Per Salo, the pianist, has been employed as the pianist/organist in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra since 1989 and is a leading Danish pianist.
Composer Biography
Niels Viggo Bentzon came from a distinguished Danish musical family, with his mother being a grandchild of J.P.E. Hartmann, a key figure in 19th-century Danish music.
Interpretation
Per Salo, the pianist, constructed this album's cycle of 24 preludes and fugues from seven of Niels Viggo Bentzon's thirteen volumes, spanning 1964-1996.
Composition History
Niels Viggo Bentzon's 'The Tempered Piano' was inspired by J.S. Bach's 'Das Wohltemperierte Klavier', as well as modern versions by Paul Hindemith and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Composition History
The first volume of Niels Viggo Bentzon's 'The Tempered Piano' was composed in only two weeks, reflecting his rapid working method.
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