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Godowskys transzendentale Klaviertechnik: Konstantin Scherbakov in Zürich

By Rolf Kyburz, 21 April 2016
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Reviewed at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich: Semper Aula, Zurich on 19 April 2016
Programme
Godowsky, Triakontameron (Auszüge)
Godowsky, Java-Suite
Bach, Cello suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV1008 (Transkription: L. Godowsky)
Schubert, Lieder: selection (Transkription: L. Godowsky)
Albéniz, Iberia, Bk II: Triana (Transkription: L. Godowsky)
Strauss R., Ständchen, Op.17 no.2 (Transkription: L. Godowsky)
Strauss II, Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), Op.333 (Transkription: L. Godowsky)
Performers
Konstantin Scherbakov, Piano
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Rolf Kyburz
Rolf Kyburz
Rolf ist ein besessener Liebhaber und Sammler von klassischer Musik zwischen Renaissance und dem 21. Jahrhundert. Seine musikalische Erfahrung (Violine, Sologesang, Mitgliedschaft in Chören und kleineren Chorensembles) fließt jetzt unter anderem in seinen Blog auf www.rolf-musicblog.net; seit 2014 bespricht er für Bachtrack Konzerte. Vorheriges Leben: Chemiestudium, 30 Jahre Spezialist für wissenschaftliche Instrumente, Computer, Software, Programmieren.