Busoni - Fantasia contrappuntistica, Transcriptions
£14.20
Currently out of stock at the UK suppliers. Available to order, but is likely to take longer than usual to despatch
Despatch Information
This despatch estimate is based on information from both our own stock and the UK supplier's stock.
If ordering multiple items, we will aim to send everything together so the longest despatch estimate will apply to the complete order.
If you would rather receive certain items more quickly, please place them on a separate order.
If any unexpected delays occur, we will keep you informed of progress via email and not allow other items on the order to be held up.
If you would prefer to receive everything together regardless of any delay, please let us know via email.
Pre-orders will be despatched as close as possible to the release date.
Label: Hyperion
Cat No: CDA67677
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 29th September 2008
Contents
Works
Fantasia contrappuntisticaFantasia and Fugue on 'Ad nos, ad Salutarem undam' by Meyerbeer, S259 (arr. Busoni)
Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major, K271 'Jeunehomme'
Artists
Hamish Milne (piano)Works
Fantasia contrappuntisticaFantasia and Fugue on 'Ad nos, ad Salutarem undam' by Meyerbeer, S259 (arr. Busoni)
Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major, K271 'Jeunehomme'
Artists
Hamish Milne (piano)About
The Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam’ is undoubtedly one of Liszt’s very greatest works yet as an organ piece it could be regarded as rather inaccessible to the general concert goer. Busoni’s magnificent piano transcription allows the work access to the concert hall; it remains a mystery why the piece has not been taken up by more pianists—perhaps its time will come.
In comparison, the Mozart transcription is a much more modest, though perfectly realized, piece which gives much needed repose before the onslaught of Busoni’s pianistic magnum opus, the Fantasia contrappuntistica. This work has at its heart a realization of the incomplete final fugue from Bach’s Art of Fugue but seen in terms of twentieth-century harmony. The fugal sections are preceded by a chorale arrangement and interspersed with an intermezzo and variations; Busoni then creates an entirely new fugue on four subjects which Bach is thought to have planned, though he did not live to carry it out. In this work, Busoni hoped to create ‘one of the most significant works of modern piano literature’. If its daunting complexity both for pianist and listener never make it a standard of the repertoire, it is certainly one of the most imposing of piano works and in this performance Hamish Milne has created a landmark in his already impressive recording career.
Error on this page? Let us know here
Need more information on this product? Click here