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David Dubal begins a new series on two keyboard masters born in 1685:
Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti. These two composers were
the titans of the late Baroque period, and their work has continued to
inspire ever since. Tonight's program features some of the greatest
players of Bach and Scarlatti, including Andras Schiff in Bach, and the
renowned Scarlatti interpreter Vladimir Horowitz.
Program Playlist:
Scarlatti: Sonata in C, K. 502 —Sergei Babyan, piano
Scarlatti: Sonata in F, L. 384 —Solomon, piano
Bach: Three Part Invention No. 9 in E Minor —Andras Schiff, piano
Bach: Sarabande from Partita No. 6 in E Minor —Piotr Anderszewski, piano
Scarlatti: Sonata in A, K. 113 —Maria Grinberg, piano
Scarlatti: Sonata in B Minor, L. 33 —Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G - Gavotte, Courante, Gigue —Andrei Gavrilov, piano
Scarlatti: Sonata in F Minor, K. 184 —Alexis Weissenberg, piano
Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue - Fantasy —Andras Schiff, piano
Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 13 in A Minor —Andras Schiff, piano
Scarlatti: Sonata in B, L. 224 —Vladimir Horowitz, piano
listen to this program here: https://www.wqxr.org/story/masters-baroque-bach-and-scarlatti-part-1/ |
For the last weeks I listen to the Bach trio sonatas at the organ with Helmuth Walcha, by far the more spiritual interpretation of Bach, with the likes of cellist Fournier, violinist Henryk Szeryng and few others...
When I compare with Hurford, a good organist by all standard, I am way less moved... It is like the blind master summon his prolific god behind his hands.... My best...
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Sudbin came up in the context of good recorded piano sound (BIS, SACD).
Here's another recording whose piano sound I'm enjoying, the acoustic is different, there's a bit more resonance, but it does sound very much like a piano in a room.
Paul Lewis: 2 CD set of Schubert: Sonatas D. 840, 850, 894, plus Impromptus D. 899 and Klavierstucke D. 946.
See what you think if it's available streaming somewhere. The playing seems somehow more "human" to me than some Schubert recitals I've heard.
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You guys who have access to Idagio there is a lovely concert with the Vienna Phil. and Gergiev conducting exclusive to Idagio . It's Tchaikovsky's Lovely 1st Symphony "Winter Daydreams" and Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherezade in a lovely interpretation by Gergiev. @twoleftears You are right about Paul Lewis I have been watching him for a number of years and I like your comment aout the playing being more human and I think that is because Alfred Brendel had a hand in finishing off his musical education. If it is of any interest he also has some really nice Haydn Piano sonatas available also.
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I have heard many people play Schubert and Brendel is the one I can imagine most at home playing a duo with Schubert himself .
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