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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 53, in 1883. It was premiered on February 16, 1884 at a Russian Musical Society concert in Moscow, conducted by Max Erdmannsdörfer. The piece was well enough received to be repeated a week later. [1]
Suite No. 2, Op. 17, is a composition for two pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in Italy in the first months of 1901. Alongside his Second Piano Concerto, Op. 18, it confirmed a return of creativity for the composer after four unproductive years caused by the negative critical reception of his First Symphony, Op. 13.
Ferruccio Busoni made a piano transcription of the chaconne from the Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, as did Johannes Brahms and others. For more Bach transcriptions by Busoni, see: List of adaptations by Ferruccio Busoni#Transcriptions (BV B 20 to 115) Bach-Busoni Editions
His only cello-suite arrangement surviving is the one for Suite No. 3, discovered in 1981 by musicologist Joachim Draheim in an 1863 transcription by cellist Julius Goltermann. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] It is believed that Schumann's widow Clara Schumann , along with violinist Joseph Joachim , destroyed his Bach cello-arrangement manuscripts sometime after ...
Transcription of Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty: Piano Duet 1891 Transcription of Glazunov: Symphony No. 6 Piano Duet 1896 Paraphrase of Bizet: Minuet from L'Arlésienne: Piano: 1900, revised 1922 Transcription of Franz Behr: Lachtäubchen, Op. 303 (published as Polka de W.R.) Piano: 1911 Transcription of John Stafford Smith: The Star ...
The Tausig transcription of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) is well known and sometimes still performed, but the Busoni version over time has proved more popular. According to Hugo Leichtentritt , Busoni's "building of the climaxes is more monumental, in simple lines, more thoughtful and much more effective than Tausig's somewhat ...
Franz Liszt, after an 1856 painting by Wilhelm von Kaulbach. This article lists the various treatments given by Franz Liszt to the works of almost 100 other composers.. These treatments included transcriptions for other instruments (predominantly solo piano), arrangements, orchestrations, fantaisies, reminiscences, paraphrases, illustrations, variations, and editions.
Recording of Busoni's transcription of the Chaconne by Boris Giltburg in MP3 format (archived on the Wayback Machine) Partita No. 2 (complete), played on electric bass by Dave Grossman (audio and video) Podcast, Arnold Steinhardt discusses his lifelong quest to master the chaconne; Partita No. 2, performed on guitar by Yaron Hasson (from the ...