FERRUCCIO BUSONI The son of an Italian musician father and a German pianist mother, Ferruccio Busoni represented a remarkable synthesis of two differing attitudes to music at this time, while winning an outstanding reputation as a piano virtuoso.
Operas and Other Works
Busoni composed operas, including Turandot and Doktor Faust, a series of orchestral works, including a Piano Concerto that also uses a male chorus in the finale, and various pieces of chamber music.
Piano Music
Of the various works Busoni composed or transcribed for the piano, particularly impressive is the famous arrangement of Bach’s Chaconne for unaccompanied violin (BWV 1004), one of a number of works based on Bach. His Fantasia after Bach and the much revised Fantasia contrappuntistica demonstrate something of his musical preoccupations.
| A TO Z OF PIANISTS |
Naxos Educational
8.558107-10 |
Concertos, Instrumental
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| BACH, J.S. / BUSONI: Transcriptions |
Marco Polo
8.220153 |
Instrumental
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| BACH, J.S.: Piano Transcriptions by Busoni, Rachmaninov, Kempff and Hess (Glemser) |
Oehms Classics
OC706 |
Instrumental
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| BACH, J.S.: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 2 (Great Pianists) (1925-1950) |
Naxos Historical
8.111119 |
Concertos, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| BACH, J.S.: Transcriptions and Arrangements (Visions of Bach) |
Dorian Sono Luminus
DOR-90016 |
Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| BEETHOVEN: 'Moonlight' Sonata / CHOPIN: Mazurkas (Friedman) (1923-1926) |
Naxos Historical
8.110684 |
Instrumental
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| BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 7 / BRAHMS: Fantasies, Op. 116 |
Cedille
CDR90000-002 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI AND HIS PUPILS (1922-1952) |
Naxos Historical
8.110777 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Cello and Piano Works (Complete) (Duo Pepicelli) |
Naxos
8.555691 |
Chamber Music
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| BUSONI, F.: Music for 2 Pianos (A. Schiller, J. Humphreys) - Fantasia Contrappuntistica / Improvisation on the Bach Chorale |
Naxos
8.557443 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Harden) - An die Jugend / Fantasia Contrappuntistica |
Naxos
8.555034 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Harden) - Bach - Chaccone / Variations and Fugue on Chopin's Prelude in C minor |
Naxos
8.555699 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 3 (Harden) - 3 morceaux / Indianisches Tagebuch, Book 1 |
Naxos
8.570249 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 5 (Harden) - 6 Studies / 6 Pieces / 10 Variations on Chopin's C minor Prelude |
Naxos
8.570891 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Transcriptions (Groschopp) |
Capriccio
C7015 |
Instrumental
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| LHEVINNE, Jozef: Complete Recordings (1920-1937) |
Naxos Historical
8.110681 |
Instrumental
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| MICHELANGELI, Arturo Benedetti: Early Recordings, Vol. 1 (1939-1948) |
Naxos Historical
8.111351 |
Concertos, Instrumental
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| Piano Recital: Groschopp, Holger (Busoni Paraphrases and Transcriptions for Piano, Vol. 2) |
Capriccio
C67135 |
Instrumental
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| Piano Recital: Kabanova, Alina - BACH, J.S. / RACHMANINOV, S. / RUBINSTEIN, A. / SCHUMANN, R. / BEETHOVEN, L. van |
Oehms Classics
OC520 |
Instrumental
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| Piano Recital: Kempf, Freddy - RACHMANINOV, S / BACH, J.S. / RAVEL, M. / STRAVINSKY, I. |
BIS
BIS-SACD-1810 |
Instrumental
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| Piano Recital: Labe, Thomas - BACH, J.S. / GODOWSKY, L. (Transcendental Bach) |
Dorian Sono Luminus
DIS-80117 |
Instrumental
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| Piano Recital: Margulis, Jura - GLUCK, C.W. / BACH, J.S. / LISZT, F. / CAPLET, A. / WAGNER, R. / RACHMANINOV, S. (Piano Transcriptions) |
Oehms Classics
OC545 |
Instrumental
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| Piano Recital: Mazmanishvili, Dudana - BACH, J.S. / LISZT, F. / RACHMANINOV, S. |
Oehms Classics
OC575 |
Instrumental
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| Piano Recital: Rangell, Andres - SCARLATTI, D. / BRAHMS, J. / RAVEL, M. / SCHUBERT, F. / BACH, J.S. (A Recital of Intimate Works, Vol. 2) |
Dorian Sono Luminus
DOR-93194 |
Instrumental
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| Piano Recital: Romanovsky, Alexander - BACH, J.S. / HAYDN, J. / CHOPIN / LISZT / PROKOFIEV / LIGETI, G. |
Divox
CDX-25245-2 |
Instrumental
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| Piano Recital: Scherbakov, Konstantin (ME - On Wings of Song) |
TwoPianists
TP1039107 |
Instrumental
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| RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 / LISZT: Paganini Etudes (Horowitz) (1930) |
Naxos Historical
8.110696 |
Concertos, Instrumental |
| ADAMS: Shaker Loops / Wound Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine |
Naxos
8.559031 |
Orchestral, Vocal
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| BACH, J.S.: Sonata No. 6 for Violin and Harpsichord in G major / BUSONI, F.: Violin Sonata No. 2 |
Delos
FA8005 |
Chamber Music
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| BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 3 / BUSONI, F.: Tanzwalzer (BBC Northern Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Horenstein) (1963, 1966) |
BBC Legends
BBCL4219-2 |
Orchestral
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| BUSONI AND HIS PUPILS (1922-1952) |
Naxos Historical
8.110777 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Arlecchino (Glyndebourne) (1956) |
Naxos Classical Archives
9.80138 |
Opera
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| BUSONI, F.: Arlecchino oder Die Fenster (Sung in German) [Opera] / Rondo arlecchinesco (Albrecht) |
Capriccio
C60038-1 |
Orchestral, Opera
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| BUSONI, F.: Cello and Piano Works (Complete) (Duo Pepicelli) |
Naxos
8.555691 |
Chamber Music
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| BUSONI, F.: Chamber Music (Faust, Groben, Lingenfelder, Milin, Wehle, Witoschynskyj) |
Capriccio
C10794 |
Chamber Music
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| BUSONI, F.: Doktor Faust (Zurich Opera, 2006) (Blu-ray, NTSC) |
Arthaus Musik
101284 |
Opera DVD
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| BUSONI, F.: Music for 2 Pianos (A. Schiller, J. Humphreys) - Fantasia Contrappuntistica / Improvisation on the Bach Chorale |
Naxos
8.557443 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Orchestral, Chamber and Piano Music |
Capriccio
C49576 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Concerto (Cappello, Luca Marenzio Choir, Rome Symphony, La Vecchia) |
Naxos
8.572523 |
Concertos
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Harden) - An die Jugend / Fantasia Contrappuntistica |
Naxos
8.555034 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Harden) - Bach - Chaccone / Variations and Fugue on Chopin's Prelude in C minor |
Naxos
8.555699 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 3 (Harden) - 3 morceaux / Indianisches Tagebuch, Book 1 |
Naxos
8.570249 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 4 (Harden) - Elegien / Fantasia nach J. S. Bach / Toccata |
Naxos
8.570543 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 5 (Harden) - 6 Studies / 6 Pieces / 10 Variations on Chopin's C minor Prelude |
Naxos
8.570891 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 6 (Harden) - Piano Sonata in F minor / Prelude et etude / Liszt - Fantasy and Fugue on Ad nos, ad salutarem undam |
Naxos
8.572077 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 7 (Harden) - Trascrizione di concerto sopra motivi dell'opera Merlin / Piano Sonatinas Nos. 3 and 6 |
Naxos
8.572422 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Transcriptions (Groschopp) |
Capriccio
C10896 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Piano Transcriptions (Groschopp) |
Capriccio
C7015 |
Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Songs (Bruns, Eisenlohr) |
Naxos
8.557245 |
Vocal
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| BUSONI, F.: Turandot [Opera] |
Capriccio
C60039-1 |
Opera
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| BUSONI, F.: Turandot Suite / 2 Studies for Doktor Faust (Hong Kong Philharmonic, Samuel Wong) |
Naxos
8.555373 |
Orchestral
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| BUSONI, F.: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 (Fontanella, Salinaro) |
Newton Classics
NC8802099 |
Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| BUSONI, F.: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / 4 Bagatelles (Joseph Lin, Loeb) |
Naxos
8.557848 |
Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| BUSONI: Doktor Faust (Zurich Opera, 2006) (NTSC) |
Arthaus Musik
101283 |
Opera DVD
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| BUSONI: Turandot Suite |
Naxos
8.555373DX |
Orchestral
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| BUSONI: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Bagatelles |
BIS
BIS-CD-784 |
Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| Cafe au lait |
BIS
BIS-CD-1239 |
Chamber Music
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| Clarinet Recital: Bosi, Sergio - LONGO, A. / BUSONI, F. / SCONTRINO, A. / FRUGATTA, G. (Italian Clarinet Suites) |
Naxos
8.572399 |
Chamber Music
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| LEGATO - THE WORLD OF THE PIANO - PONTINEN, Roland: Listening to Yourself (NTSC) |
EuroArts
2055768 |
Classical Concert, Classical Documentary
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| LISZT: Weihnachtsbaum / REGER: Maria Wiegenlied |
BIS
BIS-CD-1164 |
Instrumental
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| NAXOS 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (NTSC) |
Naxos
2.110227 |
Classical Concert
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| Orchestral Music (Waltzes) - SAINT-SAENS, C. / SIBELIUS, J. / BUSONI, F. / LISZT, F. / BERLIOZ, H. (Markevitch) (A Portrait of the Waltz) (1954) |
Naxos Classical Archives
9.80527 |
Orchestral
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| Piano Recital: Groschopp, Holger (Busoni Paraphrases and Transcriptions for Piano, Vol. 2) |
Capriccio
C67135 |
Instrumental
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| Piano Recital: Kravtchenko, Anna - SCHUMANN, R. / BUSONI / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN |
Divox
CDX-25208-2 |
Instrumental
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| Piano Recital: Raekallio, Matti - MOZART, W.A. / GLUCK, C.W. / WAGNER, R. / LISZT, F. / BUSONI, F. (Transcriptions - A Night at the Opera) |
Ondine
ODE834-2 |
Instrumental
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| TCHEREPNIN: 5 Concert Etudes / GOULD: Pieces of China / ADAMS: China Gates |
BIS
BIS-CD-1110 |
Instrumental
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| Vocal Recital: Kranzle, Johannes Martin - LOEWE, C. / SCHUMANN, R. / WOLF, H. / SCHUBERT, F. / MAHLER, G. / BUSONI, F. (Romantic Ballads) |
Oehms Classics
OC815 |
Vocal |
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