Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Dmitri Shostakovich, Johann Strauss, Tielman Susato
Performer: Florian Noack
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: La Dolce Volta
Catalogue: LDV121
Release: 2024
Size: 1.23 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Bach: Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor (after Vivaldi), BWV1065
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro
04. Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
05. I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
06. II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince
07. III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
08. IV. Festival at Baghdad – The Sea – The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmount
09. Strauss: Paraphrase after different Waltzes (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack)
Susato: Danserye
10. I. Pour Quoy
11. II. Dont vient cela
12. III. Den Hoboeckendans
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 ‘Classical’
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Larghetto
15. III. Gavotte – Non troppo allegro
16. IV. Molto vivace
Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2
17. No. 4 Waltz II
18. Sherman: I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song, from Disney’s The Jungle Book) (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack)
Does Florian Noack’s take on transcription smack of forbidden delights? From Bach to the Sherman Brothers, the pianist denies himself nothing, especially not the pleasure of liberally sprinkling his good humour and insolent virtuosity over these pieces of every hue. Here is a delightful album in which repertory masterpieces and unexpected musical universes come together in perfect harmony under his fingers and gain new light and life, joyful, playful, airy and poetic, thanks to the magic of his inspiration. With exquisite taste, Florian Noack’s transcriptions and paraphrases take us into a world of freedom and refinement, where novel sounds and subtleties of language are delicacies to be savoured . . . guilt-free!