I Wanna Be Like You

Featuring

Florian Noack
Johann Sebastian Bach
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Tielman Susato
Sergei Prokofiev

Dmitri Shostakovich
Robert B. Sherman

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Compositional Technique

The album features transcriptions of works by various composers, including a 'transcription of a transcription' of Bach's Concerto for four harpsichords, which is itself based on Vivaldi's Concerto for four violins.

Interpretation

Florian Noack, the pianist, aims to make his piano sound different, transforming it into a big band or a large symphony orchestra by imitating drums and adding 'spices from the worlds in his head'.

Performer Biography

Florian Noack, the pianist, teaches at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège in Belgium and considers recording rare or unrecorded works for La Dolce Volta a mission.

Recording & Production

Several pieces on this album, including transcriptions of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Strauss II, Susato, Prokofiev, and the Sherman Brothers, are world premiere recordings on CD.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Florian Noack, the pianist, sees transcription as an illusion and a translation that carries the original expressive flow while being infused with cultural stimuli from its new medium: his piano.

Performer Biography

Florian Noack, the pianist on this album, was born in Brussels in 1990 to the sound of Mozart's music and began his career at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.