Ferruccio Busoni

The idea for Totentanz, S. 126 (Dance of the Dead) was conceived by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) in 1838. Two versions were to follow, the first completed in 1853, and the second version finished in 1864....

The idea for Totentanz, S. 126 (Dance of the Dead) was conceived by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) in 1838. Two versions were to follow, the first completed in 1853, and the second version finished in 1864....

A B-Flat Clarinet solo with Piano Accompaniment composed by Ferruccio Busoni.

A B-Flat Clarinet solo with Piano Accompaniment composed by Ferruccio Busoni.

Source: first printing.

Busoni was just sixteen years old when he wrote the extraordinary Serenata, and the quality of the music is exceptional. The work draws inspiration from the serenade as love song, and the interplay be...

The launch disc of the Edition Peters Sounds label features pianist Daniel Grimwood's interpretation of Gabriel Fauré's Nocturnes. Daniel Grimwood is one of the most original musicians of his generati...

The Gozzi's Turandot - in one form or another - occupied Busoni at various times in the years 1904-1917. He was very fond of fantastical and magical tales: his immediately preceding work was the Piano...

At the close of the Allegro of the Overture, a climax of pleasurable activity, appears a stony figure of heroic mold - the Commendatore. Here, according to the opera-score, the trombones speak for the...

Left incomplete at the time of his death, DOKTOR FAUST occupied Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) between the years 1916 and 1924. He had intended it to be his masterpiece. A completed version was construc...

Im Jugendwerk Busonis spielt die Kirchenmusik eine bemerkenswert große Rolle. Die als 'Missa Beatae Mariae Virginis' bezeichnete Messvertonung blieb bislang unveröffentlicht, da der Komponist um die J...

The Gozzi's Turandot - in one form or another - occupied Busoni at various times in the years 1904-1917. He was very fond of fantastical and magical tales: his immediately preceding work was the Piano...

Left incomplete at the time of his death, DOKTOR FAUST occupied Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) between the years 1916 and 1924. He had intended it to be his masterpiece. A completed version was construc...