I Wanna Be Like You Florian Noack

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A Minor, BWV 1065:
• 1Bach: Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A Minor, BWV 1065 (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): I. Allegro03:45
• 2Bach: Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A Minor, BWV 1065 (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): II. Largo02:22
• 3Bach: Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A Minor, BWV 1065 (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): III. Allegro03:08
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847): The First Walpurgis Night, Op. 60:
• 4Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night, Op. 60: Overture (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack)10:43
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908): Scheherazade Op. 35:
• 5Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op. 35 (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): I The Sea and Sinbad's Ship04:06
• 6Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op. 35 (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince03:48
• 7Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op. 35 (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess05:16
• 8Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op. 35 (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): IV. Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmount08:28
• Johann Strauss II (1825 - 1899): Paraphrase after different Waltzes:
• 9Strauss II: Paraphrase after different Waltzes (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack)06:19
• Tielman Susato (1500 - 1570): The Danserye:
• 10Susato: The Danserye (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): I. Pour Quoy01:30
• 11Susato: The Danserye (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): II. Dont vient cela01:58
• 12Susato: The Danserye (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): III. Den Hoboeckendans01:02
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 “Classical”:
• 13Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 “Classical” (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): I. Allegro04:11
• 14Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 “Classical” (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): II. Larghetto03:53
• 15Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 “Classical” (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): III. Gavotte - Non troppo allegro01:43
• 16Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 “Classical” (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack): IV. Molto vivace04:16
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Suite for a Variety Orchestra:
• 17Shostakovich: Suite for a Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2 (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack)03:30
• Robert B. Sherman (1925 - 2021), Richard M. Sherman (b. 1928): I Wanna Be Like You:
• 18Sherman, Sherman: I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song, from Disney’s The Jungle Book) (Transcr. for Piano by Florian Noack)02:30
• Total Runtime01:12:28

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"After several years of transcriptions devoted exclusively to Russian music, I felt the urge to explore new horizons, to tackle repertory that presented new challenges and called for new ways of approaching the piano. This was also the moment when I met and began studying with Claudio Martínez Mehner, who, among a thousand other things that I owe to him, introduced me to the Baroque repertory and taught me to love it."

Does Florian Noack’s take on transcription smack of forbidden delights? From Bach to the Sherman Brothers, the pianist denies himself nothing, especially not the pleasure of liberally sprinkling his good humour and insolent virtuosity over these pieces of every hue. Here is a delightful album in which repertory masterpieces and unexpected musical universes come together in perfect harmony under his fingers and gain new light and life, joyful, playful, airy and poetic, thanks to the magic of his inspiration. With exquisite taste, Florian Noack’s transcriptions and paraphrases take us into a world of freedom and refinement, where novel sounds and subtleties of language are delicacies to be savoured . . . guilt-free!

Florian Noack, piano

Florian Noack
For his CD recording of his own piano transcriptions and paraphrases of orchestral works by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninov, the young Belgian pianist Florian Noack was named “Nachwuchskünstler des Jahres 2015, Klavier” (Emerging Artist of the Year, piano”) by ECHO Klassik, a prestigious award which confirms the unique talent of this exceptional musician.

Florian Noack has won numerous prizes at national and international competitions, including the Rachmaninov International Competition, the International Robert Schumann Competition and the Piano Competition in Cologne. He also won the “Grandpiano” Prize from the Belgian Vocational Foundation, and has received grants and scholarships from Spes, the Fondation Banque Populaire and from the Mozart Gesellschaft.

He performs regularly at many festivals in China, South Korea, the United States, France, Germany and Belgium, and gives recitals in among others the Philharmonie in Cologne, the Beijing Concert Hall, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Oriental Art Center in Shanghai, the Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou, the Konzerthaus in Detmold and the Comédie des Champs-Elysées in Paris. In France, he is a regular guest of many festivals including the Chopin Festival, the Festival of Annecy, Piano en Valois, l’Esprit du Piano, and Pianissimes.

Florian distinguishes himself by his passion for rare works from the romantic and post-romantic repertoire, and for his concert programs which often include composers such as Lyapunov, Alkan, Medtner and Dohnanyi. He has also authored transcriptions based on orchestral works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Rimsky-Korsakov, and which have been attracting the attention of musicians such as Boris Berezovsky and Cyprien Katsaris.

As soloist he has performed with orchestras including the WDR Rundfunkorchester, the Philharmonie Südwestfalen, the Charlemagne Chamber Orchestra, the Symphonic Orchestra of Aquitaine and the Philharmonisches Orchester Zwickau.

Florian has recently started recording the complete works for solo piano by Sergei Lyapunov for the German label Ars Produktion. For his recording of his own transcriptions and paraphrases for the same label he received an ECHO Klassik as well as a nomination for an International Classical Music Award.

Florian Noack was born in 1990 in Brussels. He began playing the piano at the age of 4, and aged 12, entered the Queen Elisabeth Musical Chapel in the program for Exceptional Young Talent, where he studied under Yuka Izutsu. He pursued his studies at the Musikhochschule in Cologne with the Russian pianist and composer, Vassily Lobanov, and at the Musikhochschule Basel with Claudio Martinez-Mehner.

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