Synopses & Reviews
Great virtuoso's best, most important solo piano works: the 7 Elegies; the 6 Sonatinas; the enormous and complex Contrapuntal Fantasy; the Fantasy after J. S. Bach; the Indian Diary (4 piano studies on American Indian motifs); and the 6 Pieces, Op. 33b. Authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel editions.
Synopsis
Like Franz Liszt, Ferruccio Busoni (1866 1924) first earned a worldwide reputation as an extraordinary pianist, and only later turned his efforts to composing. Although he is widely known for his virtuoso transcriptions of music by Bach and Liszt, his original piano compositions are today highly regarded for their combination of technical brilliance and innovative ideas.
This modestly priced volume brings together the best and most important Busoni original solo piano works: the seven Elegies; the six Sonatinas; the enormous and complex Contrapuntal Fantasy; the Fantasy after J. S. Bach; the Indian Diary (four piano studies on American Indian motifs); and the six Pieces, Op. 33b. Serious pianists and students of piano music will want to have this impressive and important new compilation in their music libraries.
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Great virtuoso's seven Elegies, six Sonatinas, Contrapuntal Fantasy, the Fantasy after J. S. Bach, Indian Diary, six Pieces, Op. 33b.
Synopsis
Great virtuoso 2s seven Elegies, six Sonatinas, Contrapuntal Fantasy, the Fantasy after J. S. Bach, Indian Diary, six Pieces, Op. 33b. Authoritative Breitkopf & H 4rtel editions.
Table of Contents
"STÜCKE, Op. 33b"
[Pieces]
1. Schwermut Melancholy
2. Fohsinn Gaiety
3. Scherzino Little sherzo
4. Fantasia in modo antico Fantasy in olden style
5. Finnische Ballade Finnish ballad
6. "Exeunt omnes" "All depart"
ELEGIEN: Sieben neue Klavierstücke
[Elegies: Seven new piano pieces]
1. Nach der Wendung After the turning
2. All'Italia! (in modo napolitano) To Italy! (in Neapolitan style)
3. "Meine Seele bangt und hoft zu Dir" "My soul fears and hopes in You" (Choral prelude)"
4. Turandots Faruengemach Turandot's room (Intermezzo)
5. Die Nächtlichen The Nocturnals (Waltz)
6. Erscheinung Apparition (Nocturne)
7. Berceuse Lullaby
TWO FANTASIES
Fantasia nach Johann Sebastian Bach
[Fantasy after J. S. Bach]
"Fantasia Contrappuntistica (3rd, final version)"
[Contrapuntal fantasy]
INDIANISCHES TAGEBUCH (Book 1)
Vier Klavierstudien über Motive de Rothäute Amerikas
[Indian Diary: Four piano studies on American Indian motifs]
1. "Allegretto affettuoso, un poco agitato"
2. Vivace
3. Andante
4. Maestoso ma andando
SIX SONATINAS
Sonatina [No. 1]
Sonatina Seconda
[Second sonatina]
Sonatina [No. 3] ad usum infantis Madeline M.* Americanae
"[...for the use of the American "princess" Madeline M.]"
1. Molto tranquillo
2. Andantino melancolico
3. Vivace (alla Marcia)
4. Molto tranquillo
5. Polonaise
Sonatina [No. 4] in diem nativitatis Christi MCMXVII
[...on the day of Christ's birth]
Sonatina brevis [Sonatina No. 5]
in Signo Joannis Sebastiani Magni'
[Short sonatina 'in the sign of the great Johann Sebastian' - a free imitation of Bach's Little Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor]
"Kammer-Fantasie über Bizets "Carmen" [Sonatina No.6]"
"[Chamber-Fantasy on Bizet's "Carmen"]"