Peter Elyakim Taussig

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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     


Programming the Disklavier
Taussig programming the DCFIII 9' concert grand piano at Yamaha Artist Services in New York in 2001 for recording The Art of the Fugue, the first Musical Sculpting recording

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Art of the Fugue

Die Kunst Der Fuge
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The Well Tempered Clavier
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The Archival Collection (1972-1982)

 During the 1970s, Peter Elyakim Taussig recorded close to 200 radio broadcasts for the CBC (The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), including live concerts and studio recordings of solo, chamber music, and concertos with major orchestras. It was customary for artists to receive low-level copies (dubs) of these broadcasts for personal use.

  After the CBC discarded much of its reel-to-reel collection in the 1990s, those lowly personal dubs were all that was left of Taussig's recordings. He donated his personal archive to the University of Toronto music library, his Alma Mater.

Samples:
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1, Finale Listen (Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, conductor: John Eliot Gardner)
  • Chopin Bolero op. 19 Listen
  • Bartok Ostinato (from Microcosmos No.6) Listen



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