Busoni: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester mit Schlußchor, Op. 39

On this CD:

1. Piano Concerto, for piano & orchestra with male chorus, in C major, Op. 39, K. 247
Composed by Ferruccio Busoni
Performed by Bavarian Radio Orchestra with Volker Banfield

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Busoni: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester mit Schlußchor, Op. 39
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A FORGOTTEN MASTERPIECE FROM AN UNDER-APPRECIATED COMPOSER
 Busoni: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester mit Schlußchor, Op. 39

Manufacturer: Cpo Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001RRK
Release Date: 1993-02-19

Tracks:

  1. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra (With Male Chorus), Op.39: Prologo et Introito: Allegro, dolce e solenne
  2. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra (With Male Chorus), Op.39: Pezzo giocoso: Vivacemente, ma senza fretta
  3. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra (With Male Chorus), Op.39: Pezzo serioso: Andante sostenuto, pensoso
  4. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra (With Male Chorus), Op.39: All' Italia: Vivace
  5. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra (With Male Chorus), Op.39: Cantico: Largamento e piu moderato

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A FORGOTTEN MASTERPIECE FROM AN UNDER-APPRECIATED COMPOSER.......1999-11-24

QUITE SIMPLY THE MOST AMBITIOUS, LONGEST AND MIND BOGGLING PIANO CONCERTO EVER WRITTEN. THIS IS A MASTERPIECE OF ORCHESTRATION, DEPTH, AND INSPIRATION THAT SIMPLY DESERVES TO BE PERFORMED IN THE MAJOR CONCERT HALLS OF THE WORLD. IT IS TO THE PIANO CONCERTO WHAT BEETHOVEN'S NINTH IS TO THE SYMPHONY. FERRUCCIO BUSONI'S PIANO CONCERTO IS A CULMINATION OF 19TH CENTURY ROMANTICISM, AND IS, IN ITS AMBITION AND SCOPE; A CONCERTO TO END ALL CONCERTO'S. FERRUCCIO BUSONI'S PIANO CONCERTO GENUINELY AND SINCERLY DISPLAYS THE 19TH CENTURY FASINATION WITH THE VIRTUOSO SOLOIST. IT IS TECHNICALLY BRILLIANT AND INSPIRING. HOWEVER, THE MUSIC GOES BEYOND TECHNIQUE AND IS HIGHLY EXPRESSIVE. EACH MOVEMENT REPRESENTS A PERIOD OF FERRUCCIO BUSONI'S LIFE. IT IS AN ACHIEVEMENT OF EPIC PROPORTIONS- INTROSPCETION VS. THE NEED TO EXPRESS ONE'S ROMANTIC PASSIONS. WITH THIS PIANO CONCERTO, COMPLETED IN 1904, FERRUCCIO BUSONI HAS IN ONE PIECE GLORIOUSLY ACHIEVED WHAT BEETHOVEN AND BRAHMS COULD ONLY STRIVE FOR IN THEIR OWN CONCERTOS; NAMELY THE NEED TO REMAIN WILDY INDIVIDUALISTIC AND EXPRESSIVE WHILE NOT GOING BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF ROMANTIC STRUCTURE AND LETTING INATE IMPULSES TAKE CONTROL OF THE MUSIC. WITH HIS PIANO CONCERTO, FERRUCCIO BUSONI HAS PERFECTLY SHOWN HOW THE INDVIDUAL CAN INTIMATELY SOAR WITH HIS OWN VOICE WHILE REMAINING TRUE TO THE ROMANTIC CONCEPTIONS AND BOUNDRIES OF THE 19TH CENTURY. IT IS THE GREATEST REPRESENTATION OF THE ROMANTIC PIANO CONCERTO EVER WRITTEN, AND IT IS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN! IT'S TRULY SAD THAT ALL THE MAJOR CONCERT HALLS HAVE TO BE CONSISTENTLY HELD HOSTAGE TO BEETHOVEN,BRAHMS, AND MOZART WHEN GREAT MUSIC LIKE THIS REALLY DESERVES AN AUDIANCE. SINCE IT APPEARS THAT ALL THE MAJOR CLASSICAL LABELS WANT (IN TERMS OF SERIOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) TO RECORD IS NORTHERN-EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN BASED MUSIC, YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING ANY OTHER RECORDING OF THIS PIECE. IF YOU CAN FIND IT, THERE IS A RECORDING OF THIS PIECE WITH THE CLEVELAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ON TELARC THAT IS BOTH WELL PERFORMED AND TECHNICALLY FLAWLESS.

Track Listings:

  1. Camerata Vistula
  2. Cello Concerti
  3. Choral Selection
  4. Complete Orchestral Works 6
  5. Complete Piano Sonatas 1
  6. Complete String Quartets 4
  7. Complete String Quartets 5
  8. Dmitri Kabalevsky 7
  9. Dmitri Kabalevsky 8
  10. Don Quixote/Festival Prelude/Dance of the Seven Veils

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