Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude
Performer: Meilin Ai
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0534
Release: 2019
Size: 1.36 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Prelude & Fugue in A Minor, BuxVW 153 (Transcr. A. Stradal for Piano)
01. I. Prelude
02. II. Fugue No. 1
03. III. Fugue No. 2
04. IV. Toccata
05. Chaconne in E Minor, BuxVW 160 (Transcr. A. Stradal for Piano)
Prelude & Fugue in E Minor, BuxVW 143 (Transcr. A. Stradal for Piano)
06. I. Prelude
07. II. Fugue No. 1
08. III. Fugue No. 2 – IV. Adagio
Prelude & Fugue in E Minor, BuxVW 142 (Transcr. A. Stradal for Piano)
09. I. Prelude
10. II. Fugue No. 1
11. III. Fugue No. 2
12. IV. Fugue No. 3
13. Passacaglia in D Minor, BuxVW 161 (Transcr. A. Stradal for Piano)
Prelude & Fugue in D Minor, BuxVW 140 (Transcr. A. Stradal for Piano)
14. I. Prelude
15. II. Fugue No. 1
16. III. Fugue No. 2
Prelude & Fugue in G Minor, BuxVW 150 (Transcr. A. Stradal for Piano)
17. I. Prelude
18. II. Fugue No. 1
19. III. Fugue No. 2
20. IV. Fugue No. 3
21. Chaconne in C Minor, BuxVW 159 (Transcr. A. Stradal for Piano)
Prelude & Fugue in F Major, BuxVW 145 (Transcr. A. Stradal for Piano)
22. I. Prelude
23. II. Fugue
Prelude & Fugue in F-Sharp Minor, BuxVW 146 (Transcr. A. Stradal for Piano)
24. I. Prelude
25. II. Fugue
26. III. Toccata
Busoni’s transcriptions of Bach have long been one of the mainstays of the piano repertoire. Bach himself worshipped the music of the Danish- (or Swedish-) born Dieterich Buxtehude (16371707), famously walking 250 miles to Lübeck to hear him play. The Liszt student August Stradal (18601930) obviously shared that admiration, transcribing ten of Buxtehudes most imposing organ works for piano, thus creating alongside Bach-Busoni a corpus of grandiose and virtuoso Baroque music for the modern concert grand that has somehow remained almost entirely unknown. Meilin Ai studied for her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance with Joseph Banowetz at the University of North Texas and is now a full-time faculty member of the Conservatory of Music of the Sichuan Normal University in China.