Pianist uses
computerized piano to record the works of J.S.Bach
Peter Elyakim
Taussig, one of Canada's preeminent concert
pianists, merges computer
technology with traditional piano playing. He shapes Bach's
masterpieces
one
line at a time on a concert grand piano controlled by a computer. His
interpretations reveal the intricate web of Bach's design as no live
recording can.
"Taussig's
achievement is
imaginative; it's also heroic and thought-provoking... Since he builds
the performance up one voice at a time, the individual lines have
unusual independence one from the other. And the sound is great."
American
Record
Guide
Taussig programming the DCFIII 9' concert grand
piano at
Yamaha Artist Services in New York in 2001 for recording The Arts of the Fugue, the
first Musical Sculpting recording
The performance is attractive,
informed, and
free of gimmickry. Thanks for an Art of Fugue that can teach all of us
something
new about the music . . . and about the human spirit.
Raymond
Tuttle,
International Record
Review
Book 1
(2 CDs)
"... helps the listener to discover what Bach had in his
imagination, perhaps even beyond Bach's own ability to play it"
Charles
Laurence, The National
Post, Canada
Also from Pilgrim Records:
Peter Elyakim Taussig
The Archival Collection (1972-1982)
Solo, chamber, and orchestral music from the CBC archive