Liszt Transcriptions of Bach Volume 1

Catalog: CACD 9100-2 • Status: Identified

CD Covers

Hatto Liszt/Bach cover
Concert Artist 9100-2 • Joyce Hatto
Karl-Andreas Kolly cover
Pan Classics 510 • Karl-Andreas Kolly

Capsule Summary

All fourteen tracks on this disc derive from Karl-Andreas Kolly’s Pan Classics recording of Liszt’s piano transcriptions of Bach’s Preludes and Fugues. Eleven tracks show minor tempo adjustments within about ±3%, with only Track 7 altered by just over 5%. Identification of the Kolly source was first reported by Bobby Snow and Peter Hartmann.

Sources

  • Karl-Andreas Kolly — Pan Classics 510 (Complete Liszt/Bach Transcriptions)

Track Evidence

Track 1: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 – Fantasia

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Karl-Andreas Kolly (5:26)

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Hatto (5:34)

Hatto is slowed down by 2.59%.

Track 2: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 – Fugue

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Karl-Andreas Kolly (5:22)

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Hatto (5:27)

Hatto is slowed down by 1.38%.

Track 3: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 – Prelude

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Karl-Andreas Kolly (2:58)

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Hatto (3:02)

Hatto is slowed down by 2.28%.

Track 4: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 – Fugue

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Karl-Andreas Kolly (5:16)

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Hatto (5:10)

Hatto is sped up by 1.91%.

Track 5: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545 – Prelude

Kolly waveform

Karl-Andreas Kolly (1:55)

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Hatto (1:55)

Track 6: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545 – Fugue

Kolly waveform

Karl-Andreas Kolly (3:31)

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Hatto (3:25)

Hatto is sped up by 2.84%.

Track 7: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546 – Prelude

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Karl-Andreas Kolly (5:11)

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Hatto (5:27)

Hatto is slowed down by 5.04%.

Track 8: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546 – Fugue

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Karl-Andreas Kolly (4:54)

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Hatto (4:47)

Hatto is sped up by 2.42%.

Track 9: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 547 – Prelude

Kolly waveform

Karl-Andreas Kolly (3:55)

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Hatto (3:47)

Hatto is sped up by 3.29%.

Track 10: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 547 – Fugue

Kolly waveform

Karl-Andreas Kolly (3:58)

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Hatto (3:58)

Track 11: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 – Prelude

Kolly waveform

Karl-Andreas Kolly (5:15)

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Hatto (5:21)

Hatto is slowed down by 1.99%.

Track 12: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 – Fugue

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Karl-Andreas Kolly (7:06)

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Hatto (6:56)

Hatto is sped up by 2.22%.

Track 13: Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544 – Prelude

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Karl-Andreas Kolly (5:28)

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Hatto (5:21)

Hatto is sped up by 2.24%.

Track 14: Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544 – Fugue

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Karl-Andreas Kolly (4:44)

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Hatto (4:44)