Busoni: Fantasia Contr... - karl Lutchmayer Peter Donohoe - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Peter Donohoe’s first album devoted to Busoni was enthusiastically received by the critics, and nominated for a BBC Music Magazine award. This second volume offers playing and musicality of the same high standards. His programme opens with two of Busoni’s finest Bach transcriptions, widely seen as a pinnacle of the repertoire for pianistic virtuosity, and much more widely played than Busoni’s own compositions. This is followed by the Variations on Chopin’s Prelude in C minor – a work in which Busoni demonstrates his innate skill of reinterpretation, and his mastery of counterpoint, and a piece he reworked several times. The following works are ‘all Busoni’ – the first and second sonatinas, and the Fantasia contrappuntistica, in the composer’s later adaptation for two pianos. The first Steinway Artist of Indian origin, Karl Lutchmayer is equally renowned as a concert pianist, a lecturer, and a broadcaster. He joins Peter Donohoe in the Fantasia, and also performs the Second Sonatina.

Tracklist

1. Toccata and Fugue In D Minor, Bwv 565 (Transcr. Busoni)
2. Prelude and Fugue In D Major, Bwv 532 (Transcr. Busoni)
3. Variations and Fugue In Free Form (After Chopin's Prelude In C Minor), Bv 213
4. Sonatina Prima, Bv 257
5. Sonatina Seconda, Bv 259
6. Fantasia Contrappuntistica, For Two Pianos, Bv 256b

Label: Chandos | Origin: Holland