Rudolf Escher - Arcana, suite for piano

Rudolf Escher (1912 - 1980) - Arcana, suite for piano (1944)

I. Preludio [0:00]
II. Toccata [4:46]
III. Ciaccona [8:36]
IV. Finale [15:02]

Ronald Brautigam, piano (1984)

Rudolf Escher's Arcana, originally titled Arcana Musae Dona, is a 4-movement suite for piano typically lasting around 22 minutes.

"The alchemistic term Arcanum has been used here in the sense of 'secret remedy'. 'Secret' refers to the circumstances under which the work was composed in 1944 during the German oppression of the Netherlands, when inspiration proved to be a remedy in a world of mechanised terror. The title 'secret remedies granted by the muse' is intended symbolically and has no programmatic purport. It is the name of music which in the first place aims at expressing the revolt of the inspired soul against degeneration and destruction."

(source: preface to the score)

Pedal markings: https://imgur.com/a/kQpTcRK
Original audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1KUp-V8YRo

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