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András Schiff Almost Won Grammy Without Pedal

February 12th, 2013 in Piano News by | 4 comments

András Schiff is one of the world’s most prominent proponents of the keyboard works of J.S. Bach and has long proclaimed that Bach stands at the core of his music-making. His 2012 recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier (for the ECM New Series label) was nominated for the category “Best Classical Instrumental Solo” at the Grammy Awards 2013. He did not […]

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Views on J. S. Bach – Interview with pianist Peter Hill

July 13th, 2012 in Articles by | 1 comment

A recognised authority in 20th century and contemporary music, Peter Hill turns for the first time on disc to another of his lifelong preoccupations – the music of J. S. Bach. In this exclusive interview for Piano Street, Peter shares his ideas on the world of Johann Sebastian and his praised recent recording of Book 2 of the Well Tempered […]

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New Bach Recordings – Four Preludes & Fugues from WTC

June 1st, 2012 in Piano Street Site News by | 2 comments

Piano Street’s series of recordings of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier with pianist Martin Sturfält continues with four pairs of Preludes and Fugues, two from the first book and two from the second book. Follow the recording project here: Recording the 48 Prelude & Fugue no 4 in C-sharp Minor, from book 1 Prelude & Fugue no 10 in E Minor, from […]

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13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg

December 15th, 2011 in Piano News by

“13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg” is a set of new pieces inspired by the aria of the Goldbergs, the piece that is the subject of the original variations themselves. Twelve composers were commissioned to write these solo piano works by the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in 2004, where they were originally played by the pianist Gilbert Kalish. No […]

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Dr. Walker Making Dead Pianists Come Alive

June 18th, 2011 in Piano News by | 9 comments

Imagine hearing great, departed pianists play again today, just as they would in person. John Q. Walker demonstrates how recordings can be analyzed for precise keystrokes and pedal motions, then played back on computer-controlled grand pianos. What we focus on is representing exactly is how musicians perform, John Q. Walker, Ph.D., Founder of Zenph Sound Innovations said. Using signal processing, […]

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New Bach Recordings – Three Preludes and Fugues

February 28th, 2011 in Piano Street Site News by

The series of recordings of Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier with pianist Martin Sturfält continues. This new installment includes the masterful opening of the second set, Prelude and Fugue no 1 in C major, along with two from the first set; the expressive and introspective no. 18 in G-sharp minor and the large scale “concertante” Prelude and Fugue no. 20 in […]

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The Pollini Project – charting the development of piano music from Bach to Boulez

January 30th, 2011 in Piano News by

Maurizio Pollini, appearing as part of the International Piano Series at London’s South Bank, will perform five recitals between January and May of music from Bach to modernism, described as “personal journey through four centuries of piano repertoire”. Read the interview in the Guardian The Pollini Project, program: 28 January Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier, book 1 15 Fabruary Piano Sonata […]

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What is really Johann Sebastian in the Notebook?

November 3rd, 2010 in Piano News by | 3 comments

The familiar “Minuet in G” (BWV Anh. II. 114) and its partner piece, “Minuet in G minor” (BWV Anh. II. 115) were traditionally believed to have been composed by J. S. Bach. However, recent research, particularly on the part of Hans-Joachim Schulze, points to the German composer and organist Christian Petzold (1677-1733). According to research conducted by Schulze and listed […]

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New Bach Recordings – Two Preludes and Fugues

June 24th, 2010 in Piano Street Site News by | 4 comments

A new instalment of two Preludes and Fugues from Bach’s WTC I, performed by Martin Sturfält, has been published today; the joyous and energetic C-sharp major set (which must surely be one of the most difficult to read on account of the extreme choice of key – seven sharps – taking you through keys such as B-sharp and E-sharp major!) […]

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András Schiff Teaches Bach

June 20th, 2010 in Top Video Picks by

From the International Musicians’ Seminar, Prussia Cove, we here present a clip from a Masterclass on targeting characters between movements. Schiff also works on the disposition of form in order to rightfully serve the rhetoric qualities in Bach playing. In this particular Masterclass, András Schiff works with a student on Bach’s Second Partita for Keyboard, one of a set of […]

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Bach – Solo Keyboard Transcriptions of Baroque Concertos

March 25th, 2010 in Piano Street Site News by

During his Weimar period, Johann Sebastian Bach composed a wealth of works. Among them are the 22 solo keyboard transcriptions of concertos by his Italian and German contemporaries: six for organ (BWV 592–596) and 16 for single-manual keyboard (BWV 972–987). The latter includes many famous baroque concertos by for example Vivaldi, Marcello and Telemann. This collection of 16 works is […]

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New Bach Project Takes Off from the Street: Recording the 48

February 5th, 2010 in Piano Street Site News by | 4 comments

Each of the two volumes of Bach‘s Well-tempered Clavier contains one prelude and one fugue in every major and minor key. Often called “the 48”, or the “Old Testament” of piano music (the new being Beethoven’s sonatas) it is perhaps the most important keyboard work of all time. The preludes are very varied in style and often deal with a […]

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