Composer: Ferruccio Busoni
Performer: Victor Nicoara
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hänssler
Catalogue: HC20086
Release: 2021
Size: 216 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Busoni: Albumblätter, K289 – Berlin
01. No. 2, Andante
02. Busoni: Sonatina No. 3: ad usum infantis
03. Busoni: Sonatina brevis ‘in signo Joannis Sebastiani Magni’ BV280
04. Busoni: Sonatina No. 4: In Diem Nativitatis Christi MCMXVII
05. Busoni: Sonatina No. 6 (Chamber Fantasy on Themes from Bizet’s Carmen)
Busoni: 3 Albumblätter, BV 289
06. No. 1, Andantino sostenuto
07. Busoni: Sonatina, BV257
Busoni: 3 Albumblätter, BV 289
08. No. 3, Sostenuto religioso
09. Busoni: Nuit de Noël
10. Busoni: Sonatina No. 2, BV259
11. Busoni: Sonatina quasi sonata, BV 275
12. Nicoara: Quasi sonatina
“One day during my studies, as I came in for my piano lesson, my teacher, Andrew Ball, asked if I knew the piece the previous student was working on. The student, still there, played the first few pages and I was instantly mesmerized. Some gestures seemed familiar, but the sonority and discourse were both alien and fascinating. It turned out to be Busoni’s Sonatina Seconda. I had heard about Busoni, mostly as an editor and arranger and had some vague knowledge of a work or two, but now a strong connection was suddenly established. Shortly after the lesson I took the score out of the library and set about to learn it. I find many musicians and audience members have a similar experience with Busoni’s music. They might at best give it some polite respect once they know a bit about his extraordinary personality, but rarely have an emotional connection to it. At the same time, I personally know several people who, either through exposure (mostly from myself), or through their own study, have slowly turned relative indifference into ardent admiration”.