Episode 159: beautiful transcriptions. Master pianist Geoffrey Madge and Concertzender’s Louis Thörig share views on remarkable musicians past and present.
Playlist:
1. Opera Orfeo and Euridice, Gluck, arranged by Sgambati, Russian-English pianist Mark Hambourg
2. Partita for violin, BWV 1006, 3 parts J.S Bach, arranged by Rachmaninov
Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff
3. Bach’s Chaconne in a transcription by Busoni. Italian pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, 1948
4. Mozart’s String Quartet in C minor KV 406
Grumiaux Trio
5. Mendelssohn’s Scherzo, arranged by Rachmaninoff.
Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff
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