For Ferruccio Busoni, Bach's music was the root and the foundation of piano playing. His many transcriptions confirm this point of view, whilst his monumental Fantasia Contrappuntistica attempts to provide a conclusion to Bach's unfinished Kunst der Fuge. Busoni received a great deal of criticism for this, to which he replied "the musical art-work exists both within and outside of Time... there is no Old or New. There is only Known or Unknown". Today - one century and many fashions of "authentic" ways of performing Bach later - is possibly the time to rediscover the true voice of this great musician; for Bach, music was like "a divine child who did not touch the earth with his feet but floated on air". Jan Michiels takes you into this divine air with an 'old' Bechstein from 1860 as well as with a brand new Straight Strung Grand Piano by Chris Maene.

Tracklist:

Chaconne aus der Partita BWV 1004
Komm, Gott SchÃ¶pfer, heiliger Geist BWV 667
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 140
Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland BWV 659
Nun freut euch, Lieben Christen g'mein BWV 734a
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639
Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf BWV 617
Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt BWV 637
Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt BWV 705
In dir ist Freude BWV 615
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland BWV 665
Fantasia Contrappuntistica

UPC: 5400439007604
Label: Fuga Libera Label
Release Date: 2.14.20
Format: CD

Busoni / Michiels - Bach & Busoni (CD)