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Arrangements, paraphrases, copies in the music world, these are just a few of the terms that designate the same genre, which has probably existed as long as art itself. What is an arrangement? Is it more or less a copy of the original, or is it an independent work in its own right? How far can the arranger stray from the original? Who is the main author: the composer or the arranger? Even from a legal point of view, this subject is so complex that no clear answer has yet been found.
Throughout his life, Bach often arranged works by other composers and continually rearranged his own. This was something he found natural, and in his day and age it was nothing unusual. In the case of a great number of his works for keyboard, it is not sure whether they were intended for harpsichord, organ, or even clavichord. Simonian has always found this subject of great importance: as a pianist, if one chooses the modern grand as the medium for these pieces, one is performing Bach exclusively in "arrangement" form.
In this context he decided to examine the creative interrelations among works by several composers separated by time and space: from Vivaldi to Busoni, from Bach to Franck and Liszt, in order to conceive a programme for this album with the figure and the oeuvre of Bach as connecting element.
Critically acclaimed as "one of the great Bach interpreters of his generation", Stepan Simonian is driven by a yearning to explore and illuminate the multiple facets of the great works of piano repertoire, particularly by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach. It is his second album on CAvi-music. © CAvi-Music
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ferruccio Busoni, Arranger, Work Arranger - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Franz Liszt, Composer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Franz Liszt, Composer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ferruccio Busoni, Arranger, Work Arranger - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Franz Liszt, Composer - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ferruccio Busoni, Arranger, Work Arranger - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Cesar Franck, Composer - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asya Fateyeva, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aysa Fateyeva, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Arranger, Work Arranger - Stepan Simonian, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asya Fateyeva, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Stepan Simonian
Album review
Arrangements, paraphrases, copies in the music world, these are just a few of the terms that designate the same genre, which has probably existed as long as art itself. What is an arrangement? Is it more or less a copy of the original, or is it an independent work in its own right? How far can the arranger stray from the original? Who is the main author: the composer or the arranger? Even from a legal point of view, this subject is so complex that no clear answer has yet been found.
Throughout his life, Bach often arranged works by other composers and continually rearranged his own. This was something he found natural, and in his day and age it was nothing unusual. In the case of a great number of his works for keyboard, it is not sure whether they were intended for harpsichord, organ, or even clavichord. Simonian has always found this subject of great importance: as a pianist, if one chooses the modern grand as the medium for these pieces, one is performing Bach exclusively in "arrangement" form.
In this context he decided to examine the creative interrelations among works by several composers separated by time and space: from Vivaldi to Busoni, from Bach to Franck and Liszt, in order to conceive a programme for this album with the figure and the oeuvre of Bach as connecting element.
Critically acclaimed as "one of the great Bach interpreters of his generation", Stepan Simonian is driven by a yearning to explore and illuminate the multiple facets of the great works of piano repertoire, particularly by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach. It is his second album on CAvi-music. © CAvi-Music
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:27
- Main artists: Stepan Simonian
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
- Genre: Classical
© 2020 Stepan Simonian, eclusively licensed to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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