Clarinet and Piano
SKU: BT.EMBZ15061
Clarinette et
piano. Composed by
Claude Debussy. Book
Only. Composed 2017. 12
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ15061.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ15061).
Zoltán
Kocsis (1952 - 2016) was
not just a phenomenal
pianist. He was also
regarded as a musical
'polymath' whose genius
embraced the activities
of a composer, conductor,
editor, instrumentalist,
and arranger. In the last
capacity, he added some
150 works to symphonic,
chamber, song and piano
repertoire. He gladly
adapted music of the turn
of the 20th century, as
appears from his
transcriptions of Richard
Strauss, Ravel,
Rachmaninoff, Enescu, and
above all, Debussy. (Many
of these are distributed
by Editio Musica
Budapest.) 'In Debussy's
case, (...) I was always
interested in works that
offered possibilities
beyond the bounds of the
piano, possibilities for
orchestration.Just as
with Liszt it was often
possible to see that
certain of his works had
been written for piano
for publication purposes,
so with Debussy it is
clear that mainly his
song accompaniments
exceeded the bounds of
possibility for the
piano,' Kocsis stated in
one interview. Perhaps
that recognition also
encouraged him to arrange
the popular piano work
Valse romantique (1890)
for clarinet and piano.
The arrangement superbly
pinpoints the sensitive,
almost ingratiating
tunefulness of the Waltz,
adding a piece that
sounds great and is
rewarding to perform to
the clarinet repertoire.
Mit dem
unlängst verstorbenen
Zoltán Kocsis
betrauert die Nachwelt
nicht nur einen
phänomenalen
Pianisten, sondern auch
einen 'Polyhistor der
Musik': Sein
außergewöhnliches
Talent entfaltete sich
ebenfalls in seiner
Tätigkeit als
Komponist, als Dirigent,
als Herausgeber und nicht
zuletzt auch als
Arrangeur und Bearbeiter
organisch. Durch letztere
Aktivität bereicherte
er die symphonische,
Kammer-, Lied- und
Klavierliteratur um etwa
einhundertfünfzig
Werke. Sehr gern
adaptierte er die Musik
aus der Zeit der Wende
zum 20. Jahrhundert, wie
auch seine
Richard-Strauss-, Ravel-,
Rachmaninov-, Enescu- und
vor allem
Debussy-Transkriptionen
belegen. (Mehrere davon
werden auch von
unseremVerlag
vertrieben.).
polymath
