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Jascha Spivakovsky plays BachBusoniSpivakovsky Chromatic Fantasy amp Fugue
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A 1962 private recording of Jascha Spivakovsky playing the Bach-Busoni Chromatic Fantasy Fugue BWV 903, to which adds a number of small amendments of his own, primarily doubling some notes and adjusting registers so as to highlight a climactic phrase. Aged 66 at the time of this practice performance in his Melbourne home music room, Spivakovsky plays with transparency and crisp precision, revealing the structure of the work with the clarity and overview of a blueprint through his attentive voicing, varied articulation, and subtle nuancing, whereas pedalling is used with the utmost subtlety to sustain sonorities and clear them at the right moment, adding gravitas and drama to the reading. While the pianist was trained in the Romantic tradition, his approach is remarkably direct, though he does apply rubato and tempo adjustments at connecting passages to draw attention to shifts in musical direction and structure (notice the extended trills and the occasional delay at the end of a phrase). The idiomatic declamatory oratorial style of Bach’s writing is highlighted in the mindful emphatic voicing of key musical phrases and with a natural rise-and-fall cadence, as if sung by the human voice. Spivakovsky exploits the varied tonal and dynamic range that the piano and this arrangement make possible. The pianist’s comprehensive technique is placed fully at the service of revealing the character and structure of the work - as the Neue Preußische Zeitung in Berlin stated in 1925, he filled Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue with vital substance.” • If you wish to support The Piano Files, please consider membership at my Patreon page: / thepianofiles
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