Composer: Ferruccio Busoni, Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Peter Donohoe, Karl Lutchmayer
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN20342
Release: 2025
Size: 1.32 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (BV B 29) in D Minor (transc. Busoni)
01. I. Toccata
02. II. Fugue
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D major BWV 532 (BV B 20) in D Major (transc. Busoni)
03. I. Prelude
04. II. Fugue
05. Busoni: Variations and Fugue in free form , BV 213
06. Busoni: Sonatina prima, BV 257
07. Busoni: Sonatina seconda, BV 259
Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica, for two pianos, BV 256b
08. Preludio corale
09. Fuga I
10. Fuga II
11. Fuga III
12. Intermezzo
13. Variazione I
14. Variazione II
15. Variazione III
16. Cadenza
17. Fuga IV
18. Corale – Stretta
19. Busoni: Sonatina brevis, BV 280 (Bonus Track)
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 re-interpretation, 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.
