GODOWSKY The Art of Transcription
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Composer or Director: Leopold Godowsky
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Evidence Classics
Magazine Review Date: 10/2016
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 76
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: EVCD026
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Transcription: Tango (Albeniz) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Bach Violin Sonatas, Movement: No. 1 in G minor, BWV1001 |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
(53) Studies on the Chopin Etudes, Movement: Op 10/3 in D flat (left hand) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
(53) Studies on the Chopin Etudes, Movement: No. 34, Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 25/5 |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Paraphrase on Saint-Saëns's 'The Swan' |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Transcription: Gute Nacht (Schubert) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Transcription: Heidenröslein (Schubert) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Moment Musical No. 3 (Schubert) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Transcription: Morgengruss (Schubert) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Transcription: Rosamunde |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Transcription: Wiegenlied |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Transcription: Du bist wie eine Blume (Schumann) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Paraphrase on 'The Star-Spangled Banner' |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Wein, Weib und Gesang |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Laurent Wagschal, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Author: Jeremy Nicholas
That is not to say that all the performances match or supersede individual items played by others. Wagschal has to compete not only with Scherbakov (who has recorded almost all of Godowsky’s output) but with the formidable Marc-André Hamelin, whose complete recordings of the 53 Chopin-Godowsky Studies and the four Johann Strauss II-Godowsky Metamorphoses remain the nonpareil. (The booklet reproduces the first page of Study No 13 for pianophiles to marvel at Godowsky’s ingenuity.)
But in the end there is so much to admire about Wagschal’s grasp of and complete empathy with the genre that comparisons become irrelevant. His handling of Godowsky’s multi-layered voices is masterly and the variety of tone and touch he brings to the Schumann, Albéniz, Saint-Saëns and six Schubert transcriptions is most sensitively judged. He both charms and swaggers in Wein, Weib und Gesang (uncut, unlike Cherkassky’s classic account); here and in The Star-Spangled Banner he is not afraid to unleash the full resources of his well-recorded piano. Altogether, 76 minutes of hyphenated Godowsky pass very quickly indeed in the hands of this gifted pianist.
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