I Wanna Be Like You

Florian Noack

Released on 08/03/2024 by La Dolce Volta
Main artists: Florian Noack
Genre: Classical

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Pianist Florian Noack has a gift for the humorous and the unexpected, shown here in the double meaning of the album title, which refers both to the album's final track (originally sung by Louis Prima in The Jungle Book) and to the contents, consisting of transcriptions. Noack's humorous spirit also shows in the sensitivity of his reading of Prokofiev's witty Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 ("Classical"). Ultimately, though, Noack is after something more than humor here. He wants to recapture some of the spirit of the golden-age piano virtuoso in an age where the social position of such pianists has largely disappeared, Lang Lang notwithstanding. Transcriptions and paraphrases were part of the stock-in-trade of the late 19th century and early 20th century virtuoso, who aimed not only at keyboard heroics but also at a theatrical sense, an impression of total command not only of the piano but also of its repertory. Noack seeks to surprise, including a selection of Renaissance dances by Tylman Susato, and he succeeds. The program is artfully put together, with a sense of not knowing what is coming next. Further, the transcriptions, all his own, are not what one might expect. In the dense Bach Concerto for four harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065, Noack strips the texture down. The overall result is a fun sense of mystery and a thoroughly enjoyable outing that marks a new direction from pianist Noack.

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I Wanna Be Like You

Florian Noack

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Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A Minor, BWV 1065 (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack) (Johann Sebastian Bach)

I. Allegro

00:03:45

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Florian Noack, Arranger, MainArtist - Martin Rust, MasteringEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor, ImmersiveMixingEngineer - Michaël Adda, ExecutiveProducer, AAndRManager - Editions Filimbi, MusicPublisher

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II. Largo

00:02:22

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III. Allegro

00:03:08

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The First Walpurgis Night, Op. 60: Overture (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack)

00:10:43

Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Florian Noack, Arranger, MainArtist - Martin Rust, MasteringEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor, ImmersiveMixingEngineer - Michaël Adda, ExecutiveProducer, AAndRManager - Editions Filimbi, MusicPublisher

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Scheherazade Op. 35 (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack) (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)

I The Sea and Sinbad's Ship