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Release Date: 18th Apr 2011
Catalogue No: 94200
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 79 minutes

Liszt: Grandes Études de Paganini (6), S. 141

Work length28:08

$6.00

$7.80

Sandro Ivo Bartoli (piano)

No. 1 in G Minor

Track length5:38

$1.00

$1.30

No. 2 in E-Flat Major

Track length5:27

$1.00

$1.30

No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor, "La Campanella"

Track length5:05

$1.00

$1.30

No. 4 in E Major

Track length2:17

$1.00

$1.30

No. 5 in E Major, "La chasse"

Track length3:47

$1.00

$1.30

No. 6 in A Minor

Track length5:54

$1.00

$1.30

Excerpt, Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244 Nos. 1-19

Work length7:18

$2.00

$2.60

Sandro Ivo Bartoli (piano)

19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244 / R106: No. 19 in D Minor (arr. F. Busoni for piano)

Track length7:18

$2.00

$2.60

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Work length14:24

$3.00

$3.85

Sandro Ivo Bartoli (piano)

Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S110 / R427, "Mephisto Waltz No. 1" (arr. F. Busoni for piano)

Track length14:24

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$3.85

Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam', S259

Work length29:14

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Sandro Ivo Bartoli (piano)

Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale Ad nos, ad salutarem undam by G. Meyerbeer, S259 / R380 (arr. F. Busoni for piano)

Track length29:14

Album only

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A pianist’s dream: a rare and precious testament of a great pianist’s vision (Busoni) of another’s (Liszt) work.

Very popular repertoire in extremely rare versions.

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) was one of the most gifted pianists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as being a composer of considerable importance and vision. A child prodigy, he debuted at the age of 12, being quickly marked out as a piano virtuoso unlike any other. His reputation for many years rested on his remarkable transcriptions of J.S Bach, which tended to overshadow both his original compositions and his other transcriptions.

This CD contains his complete transcriptions of Liszt. The tradition of a pianist transcribing another composer’s music for his own use was time honoured when Busoni made his versions of Liszt’s music. However whereas most pianist adapted works to suit their style and technical abilities, Busoni went a step further and wrote everything down, often illuminating his choices with rational and pertinent explanations for his changes. Busoni wrote in 1909 ‘I no longer play the piano with my hands’ - his intellectual, thought provoking approach to piano playing and his interpretational genius had taken his performances and his view of the music to another level altogether. Listening to these transcriptions is the nearest we can get to hearing Liszt’s music through the eyes, ears and mind of one of the finest musicians and greatest pianists the world has seen.

Liszt – Busoni Transcriptions

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