Piano Transcriptions vol.7 (Hyperion Audio CD 2-Disc Set)
Piano Transcriptions vol.7 (Hyperion Audio CD 2-Disc Set)
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Hyperion’s Bach piano transcription series, which has done so much to illustrate the unique effect of Bach on the
nineteenth-century mind, has reached volume 7 with the complete transcriptions by Max Reger.
Reger was described by his contemporaries as ‘the modern-day Bach’, partly because of his frequent use of fugue and
other characteristic forms. His skills as a pianist were matched by his abilities as an organist—a situation that influenced
his a profound understanding of Bach’s counterpoint. Therefore it is fascinating to see the composer’s direct response to
his predecessor.
In the young German virtuoso Markus Becker we have the ideal performer: he has already recorded the complete
original piano works of Reger. As Francis Pott writes in his comprehensive booklet notes: ‘In adopting a balance of
linear and polyphonic clarity with the full expressive resources of the piano and of virtuoso technique, Markus Becker
respects the historic significance both of Bach’s original inspirations and of Reger’s transcriptions as documents of their
own time’.
