Busoni was one of the most important composers of the early twentieth century, with a distinct and profound aesthetic of his own. His music for solo piano embraces the virtuosity of Liszt and the technical discipline of Bach. Nowhere are these characteristics more apparent than in his works drawn from or inspired by Bach, as this disc magnificently shows. It opens with Busoni’s magisterial transcription for piano of Bach’s powerful Chaconne in D minor, in which Busoni presents an entirely legitimate late romantic version of the original composition for solo violin. Equally impressive are the Variations and Fugue in free form on Chopin’s in C, inspired by Chopin’s visionary twentieth prelude from his set of twenty-four.