The pianos used for this recording are Steinway Grand Piano D-274 models.
Recording & Production
The album was recorded in Studio 2, Bayerischer Rundfunk, München, across two sets of dates in March and July 2024.
Composer Biography
Bach himself was known to be quite free with his own music, often transcribing his works for different instruments and adding harmonies as he saw fit.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bach's music is described as being both sacred and secular, intellectual and emotional, studied and intuitive, sad and joyfully life-affirming, and instrumental and vocal.
Album & Artwork
This album explores the theme of musical arrangement, transferring existing music to a different context, often with new instrumentation.
Historical Context
Most of the arrangers on this album were born between 1880 and 1900, suggesting a yearning for certainty and an anchor in Bach's music at the dawn of modernism.
Interpretation
The arrangers on this album, closely linked to the 19th century, approached Bach's music with great stylistic freedom, which today might be seen as unmodern or inauthentic.
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