Berezovsky, the pianist in this recording, plays Ludus Tonalis to perfection here, capturing the clarity of line while never being pedantic that he is playing a fugue. This music, as some would say, is not dry, intellectual music but music of vibrant substance and rhythm. It's tied together by an opening prelude and a closing postlude. Hindemith has 12 fugues for each of the tonalities and links them with a variety of delightful interludes. Ludus Tonalis is, more or less, the equivalent of Bach's Preludes and Fugues for all the major and minor keys. Ludus Tonalis or the play of tones, along with his three piano sonatas, are the very best of his piano music. Hindemith's music represents the summation of the whole history of Western music and he achieved what no other composer did: to create a system of acoustic tonality using the 12 tones of the chromatic scale. Why should that be when he was considered one of the major figures of 20th century music during his lifetime. Hindemith, since his death in 1963,has been such an undervalued composer. Hindemith : Suite 1922 Op.26 : III Nachtstück Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XXV Postludium Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XXIV Fuga duodecima in F sharp major Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XXIII Interludium undecima Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XXII Fuga undecima in B major Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XXI Interludium decimum Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XX Fuga decima in D flat major Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XIX Interludium nonum Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XVIII Fuga nona in B flat major
Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XVII Interludium octavum Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XVI Fuga octava in D major Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XV Interludium septimum Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XIV Fuga septima in A flat major Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XIII Interludium sextum Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XII Fuga sexta in E flat major Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : XI Interludium quintum Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : X Fuga quinta in E major
Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : IX Interludium quartum Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : VIII Fuga quarta in A major Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : VII Interludium tertium Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : VI Fuga tertia in F major Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : V Interludium secundum - Pastorale Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : IV Fuga secunda in G major Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : III Interludium primum Hindemith : Ludus Tonalis : II Fuga prima in C major
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