Peter Donohoe: Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica; Chopin Variations; Sonatina prima; Sonatina seconda; Bach Transcriptions - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica; Chopin Variations; Sonatina prima; Sonatina seconda; Bach Transcriptions
Artist: Peter Donohoe
Label: Chandos
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 095115234228
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-01-24
Number of Discs: 1

Peter Donohoe's first album devoted to Busoni was enthusiastically received by the critics, and nominated for a BBC Music Magazine award. This second volume offers playing and musicality of the same high standards. His programme opens with two of Busoni's finest Bach transcriptions, widely seen as a pinnacle of the repertoire for pianistic virtuosity, and much more widely played than Busoni's own compositions. This is followed by the Variations on Chopin's Prelude in C minor - a work in which Busoni demonstrates his innate skill of re-interpretation, and his mastery of counterpoint, and a piece he reworked several times. The following works are 'all Busoni' - the first and second sonatinas, and the Fantasia contrappuntistica, in the composer's later adaptation for two pianos. The first Steinway Artist of Indian origin, Karl Lutchmayer is equally renowned as a concert pianist, a lecturer, and a broadcaster. He joins Peter Donohoe in the Fantasia, and also performs the Second Sonatina.

Tracks:
1.1 Toccata and Fugue, K B 29 in D minor~Adagio - Prestissimo - (Meno Presto) - Prestissimo - Quasi Adagio -
1.2 Toccata and Fugue, K B 29 in D minor~Fuga. Allegro sostenuto - Recitativo - Adagissimo - Presto - Vivace - Molto Adagio
1.3 Prelude and Fugue, K B 20 in D major~Präludium. Moderato - Alla breve - Adagio -
1.4 Prelude and Fugue, K B 20 in D major~Fuga. Allegro moderato
1.5 Variationen und Fuge in freier Form über Fr. Chopins c-Moll Präludium, Op. 22, K 213
1.6 Sonatina [prima], K 257
1.7 Sonatina seconda, K 259
1.8 Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~1. Maestoso deciso - (Tema) - Allegro (deciso e apertamente) - Quasi lo stesso tempo ma più segretamente - Allegro - Andantino - Alle breve - Quasi la metà di tempo, intimamente e rubato -
1.9 Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~2. Fuga I, tranquillissimo - (Tema) -
1.10 Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~3. Fuga II (Tema) -
1.11 Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~4. Fuga III -
1.12 Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~5. Intermezzo (più tranquillo e occultamente) - Lento -
1.13 Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~6. Variatio I, a tempo, tranquillo molto -
1.14 Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~7. Variatio II. Un idea più vivace -
1.15 Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~8. Variatio III -
1.16 Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~9. Cadenza -
1.17 Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~10. Fuga IV. Misuratamente vivace -
1.18 Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~11. Corale - 12. Stretta