BUSONI PLAYS Bach - Busoni - Chaconne d minor 1/2

BUSONI PLAYS Bach - Busoni Chaconne d minor 1/2 Bach

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[filippeo85]

no is not.I have whole cd

[sqdge]

The recording is taken from a Piano Roll (grooves on a sheet of paper that get fed into a special piano) that he recorded. The recording that you hear was then made many years after he died - which is why it is such high quality. But it is still, technically, him playing it. Fascinating Fact # 617!

[larkinmusic021]

is not the audio quality too good fot being from before 1924???

[galapz]

@Bluetooth6483 Busoni didnt try to improve Bach. He transcribed this in the honor of great Bach.

[Bluetooth6483]

I sometimes ponder: Why were the romantic composers/musicians in particular so eager about transcribing, improving, embellishing and editing Bach's music?? Should we be grateful to them today for all their wild ideas? Yes, we should - it contributed to opening the ears of generations to Bach's world!

[binkymagnus]

wow, this is some kind of performance. usually the pianists play the Bach/Busoni Chaconne all legato-y and with lots of pedal and it loses a lot of the sharpness that violinists get out of it. Always interesting to hear how the performances change over time; no one plays it like this now.

[tnmtemerity]

@DonAnzalone WOW, I mean I'm glad we have piano rolls of great musicians but, to say they include all dynamic nuances clearly is a HUGE overstament...

[evoone1024]

@filippeo85

I want to know do you have the whole detail about this CD's from Busoni's playing?

[iif5]

Y_Y

[Bret6464]

@DonAnzalone Great comment! You get some commenters who use the "piano roll" argument to diminish the greatness of many extraordinary artists on piano, this and all the Rachmaninoff recordings. And at the same time you will find the same people extolling some current "player" who is more mechanical than a midi-file and totally lacks musicality - basically now "honky-tonk" classical players are all the rage in some circles!

Great performance - this is how Busoni "wrote" it :-) TY for sharing.

[cualquie]

Historical document

[DonAnzalone]

A great master at work. No matter what they say. Unfortunately, not many understand what piano roll means. Piano roll is a mechanical record of a musical sequence including all dynamic nuances. Basically, piano is a mechanical instrumet, and as such gives possibility of mechanical recording. It would be absolutely impossible with, say - violin or guitar.

Saying this was played by machne is equal to saying a rendition of contemporary musician recorded on DVD was played by your computer.

[fredericfranc]

@mahler151 ...at the present commercial software does exist that will predict rather well how a popular song will do "in the charts"...what the next step is likely to be you can well figure...