Rachmaninoff piano concerto No. 3

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

Toccata and fugue in D minor but played on glass

There's a substantial amount of doubt as to whether 565 (the BWV number that is associated with the work) was actually written by Bach. The use of an exact modern subdominant answer in the exposition, parallel octaves, a plagal cadence and the use of neopolitan harmony (6ths and 3rds, depending on inversion) suggest that it was someone acquainted with the stile galant of the so-callled Rococo period that was fashionable for a few decades in the mid-to-late 18th century that was the composer. Some suggest that is was Johann Peter Kellner, who did have at least social ties to the Bach family, although it is not clear if Kellner ever studied with Bach. I myself am not certain, but I do share the belief that it was not J. S. Bach that wrote the work. The evidence against his authorship seems too weighty.

In terms of Rachmaninoff, I could take or leave him. I was never particularly interested in the Russian sphere to begin with, and as a late holdover from the mid-Romantic, I find his works to be terribly old-fashioned when placed in the context of his contemporaries. I think that has always hindered my enjoyment of his works. One of the downsides of the profession, I suppose.