Ferruccio Busoni News
Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, born 1866
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Commemorations 2024 (Death: Ferruccio Busoni)
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2024-03-07 12:00:00
Gerald Fenech recommends Francesca Dego's new recording of violin concertos by Brahms and Busoni. '... splendidly recorded and annotated ...'
2024-02-05 07:32:00
Late romantic at Wigmore Hall: Simon Callaghan in Cyril Scott's sonata
[…] and the latter's support helped Scott with his publishers and Scott was often referred to as the English Debussy.So, the first half of the concert was something of a voyage around Scott's sound-world. We began Debussy's La plus que lente, all gentle flexibility and lovely rubato, with moments of great intensity. Then three movements from Stravinsky's The Firebird in virtuosic transcriptions by the Italian pianist Guido Agosti (made in 1928 and dedicated to Agosti's teacher, Feruccio Busoni). Danse Infernale was vigorous and vivid, all bravura and colour, Berceuse was laid-back, supple and full of rich sonorities whilst Finale was all shimmer and dazzle. Then came Debussy's Balzac-inspired Les sons et les parums tournent dans l'air du soir, from book one of the preludes, with its wonderfully wash-like atmosphere. Grainger's Country Gardens was played in the composer's virtuosic solo version from 1918 (made when he was in New York) so we moved […]
2024-01-13 08:44:00
A shelter where people can be sure of quality and find so much to discover: founder Michael Adda on his record label, La Dolce Volta
[…] Korsakov's Scheherezade, and I want to be like you from The Jungle Book! There are piano trios from Trio Sora, an all-female group who have already recorded Beethoven for Naive. And the Swiss pianist, Cédric Pescia is recording Bach. There will be two new discs with Olivier Latry in Liszt, Dupre and Durufle.The distinguished French pianist Jean-Philippe Collard, who is 75 years old, has recorded his first disc of Bach, transcriptions of organ works by Busoni and others. And Michael points out that Collard may not be making any more recordings. As a boy, Collard sang in the church choir where his father was an organist and was impressed by Bach's organ works so this disc will be paying tribute to that. Another big disc to look forward to is of melodies from soprano Natalie Dessay and pianist Philippe Cassard, and the disc will be part of her farewell tour in […]
2024-01-04 04:30:00
Igor Levit: Fantasia (CD Review)
by Karl NehringBach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String') (arr. for piano by A. Siloti); Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903; Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S178; Der Doppelganger (No. 12 from Schwanengesang, S560, after Schubert); Berg: Klavierstück in B minor; Piano Sonata, Op. 1; Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica; Nuit de Noël. Igor Levit, piano. Sony Classical 19658811642Russian-German pianist Igor Levit (b. 1987) seems never to do things in a small way. When the pandemic shut things down back in 2020, for example, he began posting a series of videos on Twitter that featured his playing of a variety of works for piano. His recordings have typically been multi-disc releases with some sort of unifying theme. We have reviewed several of those recordings in the past, starting with Encounter, a two-CD set that saw Levit playing music by Busoni (his arrangements of works by Bach and Brahms), Reger, and […]
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