The D-minor chaconne
Jul. 11th, 2010 09:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylInspired by today's Discovering Music, Busoni's arrangement of the colossal D-minor chaconne from Partita No. 4, here played by Hélène Grimaud:
And in contrast, here's Bach's original as played by Viktoria Mullova. As Stephen Johnson put it: it's like comparing Victorian gothic with the real thing; examining one helps to inform an understanding of the other.
And in contrast, here's Bach's original as played by Viktoria Mullova. As Stephen Johnson put it: it's like comparing Victorian gothic with the real thing; examining one helps to inform an understanding of the other.
