The cycle of fugues is introduced and concluded by a Praeludium and Postludium, the second formed by turning the Praeludium upside down and reading it backwards.
THE SECOND INTERLUDIUM OF PAUL HINDEMITH LUDUS TONALIS FREE
Zarukin plays with strength and sensitivity and the recording captures it with vivid immediacy. Ludus tonalis ('Game of Tones') (1942) by Paul Hindemith - Influenced by Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier - Opens with a Praeludium, resembling a Baroque toccata or fantasy. Ludus tonalis by Paul Hindemith, 9783795795627, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. The only reality here is Zarukin's performance on this recording and that performance on this recording is simply magnificent. Whether it would work in concert performed by an orchestra is beside the point. Pavel Zarukin has concocted a captivating orchestral arrangement of the work, has executed it convincingly on the synthesizer, and has performed it compellingly on this recording. But now that it's here, the world can only be grateful because, as unlikely as it seems, this is one heck of a performance of Ludus Tonalis. Learn piano Prepare for DipABRSM piano diploma. Was the world really crying out for an orchestral transcription of Paul Hindemith's Ludus Tonalis performing on the Roland XP-50? Probably not: in fact, the world probably was not crying out for any performance at all of Hindemith's twentieth century Art of the Fugue, much less an orchestral arrangement played on a synthesizer.
Why this recording exists is anybody's guess.