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Sorabji: "VIII. Fuga III [Dux Primus]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum (Eric Xi Xin Liang)

Recorded on August 28th, 2023. Learned and refined in approximately 18 hours. This is probably the best Sorabji fugue recording of all time ;) This movement should probably not be one's first exposure to this piece. There's a high chance that the person reading and listening to this will need some context. Opus Clavicembalisticum is a 4.5-hour solo piano work written by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji in 1930. You can probably count on 1 hand the number of people who have seriously recorded/performed this particular movement, and the other recordings by John Ogdon and Geoffrey Madge are disappointingly subpar. All the score annotations are done by me and published on IMSLP for public access for the first time ever (afaik). It's pretty infeasible to adequately demonstrate the densely contrapuntal nature of this fugue without having sat down and analyzed it. And that's where previous recordings fell far far short. I try my best to bring out and express almost every fugal element of significance like I would with traditional fugues by Bach, Beethoven, Szymanowski, Carter, etc. Opus Clavicembalisticum is split into 12 movements. There are 4 named fugal movements which are sandwiched in-between more dynamic and less constrained movements. They are "III. Fuga I", "V. Fuga II", VIII. Fuga III", and "IX. Fuga IV". Each movement, subdivided, has 1, 2, 3, and 4 fugues respectively which accumulate in fugal subject material (e.g. "IX. Fuga IV" starts with a single fugue and features a quadruple fugue at the end). Though, each fugal movement can lightly reference fugal elements from previous fugal movements, like: there are references to "III. Fuga I"'s subject and countersubject in this fugue. In all the fugues, Sorabji chooses to follow a general progression of fugal content, this fugue being: [0:00] Subject and countersubject introduction [N.A.] Integration of subjects from previous fugues [2:38] Reversed subject introduction [4:11] Inverted subject introduction [6:06] Reversed and inverted subject introduction [7:25] Stretto of subject [8:29] Augmentations and diminutions of subject [9:14] Final stretto of subject My recommendation for adjusting your ears to this music (if needed) is not to focus on the vertical alignment of intervals, but to listen horizontally to the inflections of each fugal element. Pay attention to the way I phrased the opening subject and listen for similar phrasing for all other instances. Same for the countersubject. At first, the music might sound insurmountably dense, but know that it's because I'm actually bring out every fugal element I can, and when each voice (after a few listens) gets ironed into your mind, then you might hear the full extent of what I'm doing. Also note that it would have been rudimentary and incoherent if I had simply copy-and-pasted the inflections of the fugal elements to every instance naïvely. I also manage the interactions between the voices, almost like actual human voices communicating with each other. That's what brings this music to life and gives things personality. Technique alone is already tough as heck for this, but it's really the musicality that transforms this music from nonsense to some sense and maybe marvel. With my stringent standards, this was definitely much harder than recording "VII. Cadenza I" or "IX. Interludium B [Toccata]". Oh ya, the music I enjoy listening to now the most is Sorabji's fugues from OC, particular my recordings of this, "III. Fuga I" (already recorded today), "XI. Fuga IV [Dux Primus]", and "XI. Fuga IV [Dux Quartus]" lol [DISCLAIMER] If you're unfamiliar with this style of music, it is suggested that you go through the description of this previous video for the necessary background:    • Kaikhosru Sorabji: Gulistān (Eric Xi ...  . All movements from Opus Clavicembalisticum I've recorded:    • Kaikhosru Sorabji: Opus Clavicembalis...   All works by Sorabji I've recorded:    • Sorabji Piano Recordings (Eric Xi Xin...   At time of recording, Eric is a full-time software engineer working in Big Tech, graduated from the University of Waterloo, Computer Science major. @musicforever60_official on IG:   / musicforever60_official   #piano #music #sorabji