Busoni: Integrale delle composizioni per Cello e Piano

Featuring

Luca Paccagnella
Sabrina Alberti
Ferruccio Busoni
Franz Liszt

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Composer Biography

Ferruccio Busoni, born to a German mother and Italian father, experienced a lifelong internal conflict between his two heritages, speaking Italian in dreams but thinking in German when writing.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Busoni believed that art was humanity's only 'weapon' and saw his work as balancing tradition and memory (Erinnerung) with the future and anticipation (Erwartung).

Instruments

Luca Paccagnella performs on a cello from the Cremonese school dating from the late 17th century.

Compositional Technique

Busoni dedicated over 25 years to revising, elaborating, and transcribing numerous works by J.S. Bach, an activity he considered 'para-compositional'.

Historical Context

Busoni died in 1924, just a year after Arnold Schoenberg developed twelve-tone technique, which sacrificed traditional melody—a concept Busoni believed should 'dominate, alone and supreme' in future music.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Busoni based his compositional technique on the 'very special 'treatment of periods'' found in the works of Franz Liszt, a composer he greatly admired.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Busoni learned from Bach that 'good, grand, 'universal' music remains the same, regardless of the means by which it is heard,' highlighting his focus on interpretation.