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Bach-Godowsky
Piano Transcriptions of Bach's Works & Bach-inspired Piano Works by Leopold Godowsky |
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Contents |
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Piano Transcriptions: Works
Piano Transcriptions: Links
Recordings of Piano Transcriptions |
Leopold Godowsky - Short Biography |
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Works |
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Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001, transcribed for piano
[C.Fischer] |
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1923 |
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Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002, transcribed for piano
[C.Fischer] |
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1922-1923 |
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Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003, transcribed for piano
[C.Fischer] |
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1924 |
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Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008, transcribed for piano
[C.Fischer] |
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1924 |
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Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, transcribed for piano
[C.Fischer] |
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1924 |
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Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011, transcribed for piano
[C.Fischer] |
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1924 |
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Bach-inspired |
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Prelude & Fugue on the notes B.A.C.H., for piano left hand (dedicated to Arthur Loesser)
[New York: G. Schirmer, 1930] |
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Feb 1929 |
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Sonata in E minor, for piano ("Grand Sonata") (incorporating the BACH motif)
[Berlin: Schlesingersche Buch- und Musikalienhandlung, 1911] |
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1911 |
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The final movement really is what Godowsky called it, "Retrospect." It brings together not only themes from the earlier movements, but also works in compositional techniques favored in past eras - a Baroque-like largo, a fugue on B-A-C-H, a funeral march featuring Dies Irae.
Source: Review by Patsy Morita (AMG) of Konstantin Scherbakov’s recording (Marco Polo) |
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (March 2007 - May 2013)
Thanks to contributors: Teddy Kaufman (July 2007) |
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Leopold Godowsky : Short Biography | Piano Transcriptions: Works | Recordings |
