http://classical-scene.com/2009/09/14/riveting-messiaen-sonic-obsessive-chopin-and-debussy-dated-crumb-at-gardner/ a virtual journal and blog of the classical music scene in Boston Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://classical-scene.com/2009/09/14/riveting-messiaen-sonic-obsessive-chopin-and-debussy-dated-crumb-at-gardner/comment-page-1/#comment-721 eric Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:40:42 +0000 http://classical-scene.com/?p=1464#comment-721 In Echternach, I heard Bruce Brubaker play Chopin's Polonaise-fantaisie in the context of a very different sort of program. And it was the first time this strange, wonderful music made sense. I know all the famous recordings (Richter, Rubinstein, Horowitz) but Brubaker's playing of the piece seemed to pull off the uncanny transubstantiation Chopin conceived --- sonic water into wine. In Echternach, I heard Bruce Brubaker play Chopin’s Polonaise-fantaisie in the context of a very different sort of program. And it was the first time this strange, wonderful music made sense. I know all the famous recordings (Richter, Rubinstein, Horowitz) but Brubaker’s playing of the piece seemed to pull off the uncanny transubstantiation Chopin conceived — sonic water into wine.

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