Wilhelm Kempff
Wilhelm Kempff (1895 - 1991) was a German pianist and composer. His repertoire included music of J. S. Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms. Particularly well known for his interpretations of the music of Beethoven and Schubert, Kempff recorded all of their piano sonatas. He is considered to have been one of the chief exponents of the Germanic tradition during the twentieth century, and one of the greatest pianists of all time.
A lesser-known activity of Kempff was composing. He composed for almost every genre and used his own cadenzas for Beethoven's Piano Concertos 1 - 4. His student Idil Biret has recorded a CD of his piano works. His second symphony premiered in 1929 at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. He also prepared several piano transcriptions of music by J. S. Bach.
The Sicilienne is the second movement of a sonata for flute and harpsichord composed by J. S. Bach or possibly by his son C. P. E. Bach. The piece is usually attributed to J. S. Bach and is known as J. S. Bach's Sonata No. 2 in E flat Major for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV 1031.
