(Dis)Arrangements
(Dis)Arrangements 17: Brahms
In 1862 Brahms tried his hand at his own string quintet. Unsatisfied with the format, he refashioned the work for two pianos before finally transforming it into a piano quintet.
(Dis)Arrangements 17: Brahms
In 1862 Brahms tried his hand at his own string quintet. Unsatisfied with the format, he refashioned the work for two pianos before finally transforming it into a piano quintet.
(Dis)Arrangements 16: Shostakovich
With the addition of a percussion part, this is a bit more than just a piano reduction.
(Dis)Arrangements 16: Shostakovich
With the addition of a percussion part, this is a bit more than just a piano reduction.
Piano Factory 31. / (Dis)Arrangements 15.
Bach’s lines continue to soar enhanced with Febel’s chiaroscuro and highlights. Just as there will be those who will be horrified at Febel’s invention, there will be those who may never wish it to end.
Piano Factory 31. / (Dis)Arrangements 15.
Bach’s lines continue to soar enhanced with Febel’s chiaroscuro and highlights. Just as there will be those who will be horrified at Febel’s invention, there will be those who may never wish it to end.
Mostly Symphonies 41. / (Dis)Arrangements 14: Beethoven X
It’s arrogant to have gone straight for Beethoven’s Tenth.
Mostly Symphonies 41. / (Dis)Arrangements 14: Beethoven X
It’s arrogant to have gone straight for Beethoven’s Tenth.
(Dis)Arrangements 13. / Scarlatti para siempre 3.
It is fascinating to see which composers and performers felt it necessary to enhance the Baroque master, and which were content to simply orchestrate.
(Dis)Arrangements 13. / Scarlatti para siempre 3.
It is fascinating to see which composers and performers felt it necessary to enhance the Baroque master, and which were content to simply orchestrate.
(Dis)Arrangements 12: Winterreisen
This jazz octet cuts right to the heart of Winterreise sooner and more surely than most.
(Dis)Arrangements 12: Winterreisen
This jazz octet cuts right to the heart of Winterreise sooner and more surely than most.
Mostly Symphonies 35. / (Dis)Arrangements 11: The Finale of Bruckner’s Ninth
Anton Bruckner died having completed an orchestral draft of all four movements of his Ninth. There are plenty of sketches and autograph pages, and it has been possible to construct a satisfactory performing edition. Many passages deserve to be heard, perhaps some of Bruckner’s most inventive cascading string arpeggios and luminous brass chorales.
Mostly Symphonies 35. / (Dis)Arrangements 11: The Finale of Bruckner’s Ninth
Anton Bruckner died having completed an orchestral draft of all four movements of his Ninth. There are plenty of sketches and autograph pages, and it has been possible to construct a satisfactory performing edition. Many passages deserve to be heard, perhaps some of Bruckner’s most inventive cascading string arpeggios and luminous brass chorales.
(Dis)Arrangements 10: Miscellany
Step aside Süssmayr, Mozart’s Requiem sustains Cassol’s impassioned reinterpretation.
(Dis)Arrangements 10: Miscellany
Step aside Süssmayr, Mozart’s Requiem sustains Cassol’s impassioned reinterpretation.
Piano Factory 16. / (Dis)Arrangements 9: Liszt and Wagner
Liszt’s last pieces reflect little interest in pyrotechnics or showy glamour. They are curious about harmony and the spiritual world; some touch on historical subjects, but most all are reflective, even world-weary.
Piano Factory 16. / (Dis)Arrangements 9: Liszt and Wagner
Liszt’s last pieces reflect little interest in pyrotechnics or showy glamour. They are curious about harmony and the spiritual world; some touch on historical subjects, but most all are reflective, even world-weary.
(Dis)Arrangements 8: More Schubert
Schubert left no concertos, but we do have Liszt’s overstuffed quasi-symphonic Fantasy for piano and orchestra.
(Dis)Arrangements 8: More Schubert
Schubert left no concertos, but we do have Liszt’s overstuffed quasi-symphonic Fantasy for piano and orchestra.
(Dis)Arrangements 7: Beethoven
This Ninth is fascinating, hugely musical, a testament to Beethoven and Liszt’s combined brilliance.
(Dis)Arrangements 7: Beethoven
This Ninth is fascinating, hugely musical, a testament to Beethoven and Liszt’s combined brilliance.
(Dis)Arrangements 6. / Piano Factory 14.
Bach and Scarlatti on piano are intrinsically arrangements, music relocated to an instrument unanticipated by their composers. Some 19th and 20th-century composer-pianists found Bach and Scarlatti too spindly for the ivories. They added notes and fleshed out chords, and took other liberties such as composing new voices or adjusting harmonies.
(Dis)Arrangements 6. / Piano Factory 14.
Bach and Scarlatti on piano are intrinsically arrangements, music relocated to an instrument unanticipated by their composers. Some 19th and 20th-century composer-pianists found Bach and Scarlatti too spindly for the ivories. They added notes and fleshed out chords, and took other liberties such as composing new voices or adjusting harmonies.