魯賓斯坦&肯普夫:鋼琴改編集 / (SACD) W. Kempff, A. Rubinstein / Arrangements ou Transfigurations

Whether merely copying, or else adapting, transcribing (for piano), changing key, style, instrumentation or orchestration – musical arrangement is common outside the world of classical music. Here is a world premiere by contemporary Czech composer Kryštof Martaka, whose string quartet arrangement of Mladi Janáček's wind sextet has virtually become his master's 3rd Quartet. Are these works merely 'in the style of' or genuine transfigurations, along the lines of Schönberg's famous Night Op. 4, an orchestration of a poem by Richard Dehmel? Judge for yourselves!