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Busoni - Toccata in A flat minor, K287
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Special offer. Busoni: Toccata, BV 287, Elegien, BV 252, Sonatina No. 6, BV 284 & Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BV B 29 No. 1
RecommendedPeter Donohoe (piano)
if some of the works here make uncomfortable listening – despite Donohoe’s keyboard brilliance – that is because Busoni himself disdained aural comfort...But the Toccata BV 29, being a transcription... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th August 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Both [originals and transcriptions] are played, tantalisingly, with a keen sense of place and time – the Bach affectionately and glowingly, but with a modern stylistic sensitivity, the Busoni... —
Awards:
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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This disc maintains the high standards set by Harden in his first volume of Busoni piano music... A splendid demonstration of his awesome compositional and pianistic powers aged 18, and Harden’s... —
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Virtuoso Music of the 19th Century
Live at Wigmore Hall, London, 22nd May 2007
Featuring Wolf Harden, Christopher Hinterhuber, Konstantin Scherbakov, Ilya Grubert, Tianwa Yang & Markus Hadulla
