CD 1:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major
Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582

CD 2:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 552

This new release featuring the PianoDuo Takahashi;Lehmann presents rare repertoire for piano duo: the complete recording of Reger’s arrangements of the Brandenburg Concertos as well as other works by J.S. Bach.

Max Reger was a key figure in the Bach renaissance at the beginning of the 20th century. Because of his polyphonic compositional style, he was also revered by his followers as ‘the modern Bach’. “Sebastian Bach is for me the beginning and end of all music; upon him rests, and from him originates, all real progress! That Bach could be misunderstood for so long is the greatest scandal for the ‘critical wisdom’ of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.” But it was not only as an interpreter of piano, chamber and orchestral music that he championed his musical role model throughout his lifetime, but also as the editor of several orchestral suites and concertos as well as the arranger of numerous organ works. Thomaskantor Karl Straube praised him for the “perfect manner in which he succeeded in reproducing the sound characteristics of the organ on the pianoforte.”

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Recording: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, January 2 - 5, 2019; Konzertsaal Abtei Marienmünster, March 1 - 3, 2016 (Concerto No. 5). Piano: Yamaha (Gerd Finkenstein), Steingraeber & Söhne (Concerto No. 5).