Chiara Corona J.S. Bach: Orgelbuchlein, BWV 599-644 arranged for Piano 4-hands by Bernhard Friedrich Richter - CD Album

Innumerable transcriptions of Bach's music were made in the 19th and 20th centuries, and many of them bear the signatures of both well-known and lesser-known composers. Among the former are Bruno G. Seidhofler's notable piano 4-hands version of The Art of Fugue (1937) and the splendid transcription of the Orgel-Buchlein by Bernhard Friedrich Richter (1902) that is featured on this recording. Before the advent of the phonograph, piano duo transcriptions made music of all sorts accessible to vast audiences outside the concert hall, in the intimacy of their own homes. They also allowed for repeated listening 'on demand', facilitating a more detailed study of a work's intricacies. The artists' approach here - in an advanced vein of historically informed performance - takes inspiration from well-established Bach performance practice and then filters that through two specific media: the chosen instrument of an early 20th-century upright piano and the set of performance indications scrupulously laid down by Richter.

• Genre: Classical
• Label: Brilliant Classics