Bach, J S - Piano Seasons (4 CD) - Sultan, Grete
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The pianist Grete Sultan (1906–2005), acclaimed interpreter of classical and new music, has to be regarded as one of the most extraordinary artists of the 20th century. Raised in a Jewish upper-class household in Berlin, she managed to leave the country in 1941 at the last minute after being banned from exercising her profession and increasing harassment. In New York, she became an established pianist and teacher. Here she met John Cage with whom she was bound by close friendship and artistic collaboration her whole life.
The present CD box “ Seasons” contains recordings by Grete Sultan, some of them now being released for the first time, of works from widely different epochs: Baroque, classical, Romantic and contemporary music meet here, finding common ground in the interpretation of the exceptional artist Grete Sultan. The boundaries between “classical” and “modern” seem to be erased. The charm Grete Sultan brings to the works of Bach, Beethoven and Schumann even transforms the experimental works of Schoenberg and Cage, thus bestowing on them timeless and very personal poetry.