This album is the sixth volume in a series dedicated to Busoni's piano music, featuring works from early in his career alongside one of his last compositions.
Performer Biography
Wolf Harden, the pianist on this album, is known for his versatility and his special affinity for unusual repertoire, including being the first to record Hans Pfitzner's Piano Concerto.
Composer Biography
Piano music constitutes the largest portion of Busoni's output, despite his substantial body of orchestral music and four operas.
Compositional Technique
Busoni's harmonic and tonal innovations are deeply connected to his re-creative approach to the musical past, which has only recently gained wider recognition.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The essence of Busoni's music is a synthesis of his Italian and German ancestry, combining emotion and intellect, and the imaginative with the rigorous.
Composer's Artistic Vision
J.S. Bach was a constant presence in Busoni's work, influencing both the contrapuntal aspects of his music and his repertoire as a performer, culminating in the Bach-Busoni Edition.
Composer Biography
Ferruccio Busoni, the composer, was the only child of a clarinettist father and a pianist mother, and made his piano debut in Trieste in 1874.
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