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For Ferruccio Busoni, Bach's music was the root and the foundation of piano playing. His many transcriptions confirm this point of view, whilst his monumental Fantasia Contrappuntistica attempts to provide a conclusion to Bach's unfinished Kunst der Fuge. Busoni received a great deal of criticism for this, to which he replied Inchthe musical art-work exists both within and outside of Time... there is no Old or New. There is only Known or UnknownInch. Today - one century and many fashions of InchauthenticInch ways of performing Bach later - is possibly the time to rediscover the true voice of this great musician; for Bach, music was like Incha divine child who did not touch the earth with his feet but floated on airInch. Jan Michiels takes you into this divine air with an 'old' Bechstein from 1860 as well as with a brand new Straight Strung Grand Piano by Chris Maene. Album Tracks 1. Chaconne Aus Der Partita BWV 1004 2. Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist BWV 667 3. Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme BWV 140 4. Nun Komm' Der Heiden Heiland BWV 659 5. Nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen G'mein BWV 734A 6. Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639 7. Herr Gott, Nun Schleuss Den Himmel Auf BWV 617 8. Durch Adams Fall Ist Ganz Verderbt BWV 637 9. Durch Adams Fall Ist Ganz Verderbt BWV 705 10. In Dir Ist Freude BWV 615 11. Jesus Christus, Unser Heiland BWV 665 12. Fantasia Contrappuntistica
