[VID] Bach-Busoni: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659

[furiouzpianist]

I worked on this amazing transcription for a few days.
Busoni's piano arrangement is the most faithful to the Bach organ original (there are also Friedman and Feinberg arrangements that exist, but they have some register changes to make it more pianistic). And yes, I'm feeling pretty depressed right now. It's a tragic work.

[quantum]

Very enjoyable.  You distinguish the voices well within the trio texture.  It is always clear where the tune is singing. 

[awesom_o]

Beautiful sonority! I love how lean and flat your hands look in the video. Your thumbs are well-trained indeed.... Excellent texture of sound, very three-dimensional!

This is the most beautiful playing I have heard from you yet. No empty virtuosity.....just music.

Bravo!

[j_menz]

Divine!

[furiouzpianist]

I think it's an absolutely masterful transcription, because no detail is left out. The biggest problem with playing these organ works on the piano is that the long held notes do not last long enough......
Busoni overcomes this problem by demanding lots of finger changes, and hand-pedaling. I think it's worth the effort 

[chopin4life]

Very nice, very well played 

[cherub_rocker1979]

Just beautiful.  And you played with such a nice cantabile sound.  I know everyone should know to do this, but it's so nice to hear when somebody actually knows how to do it and does it

[cherub_rocker1979]

And there's nothing wrong with being depressed from time to time, things happen that disappoint us, etc.  But the important thing to remember is that there are always people out there who care about us, and every person on the planet HAS some value and importance.  Okay, I'll shut up now and stop hijacking the thread...