Busoni’s hugely challenging Fantasia contrappuntistica is the climax of this two-cd set featuring works that balance musical freedom and formal rigour Igor Levit has made a speciality of tackling some ...

Centaur Records has released the third volume of pianist Jeni Slotchiver's CD series devoted to the music of one of history's greatest composer/pianists, Ferruccio Busoni. Busoni the Visionary III ...

Levit’s performance of Busoni’s Fantasia Contrappuntistica, while technically fautless and incredibly accomplished, felt more didactic than heartfelt Igor Levit’s latest London recital seemed more ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The arrival of Igor Levit added a new personality to the top echelon of pianists. Here was a musician motivated ...

Sonatina No. 2, `Sonatina seconda' Peter Donohoe, Piano Karl Lutchmayer, Piano Sonatina No. 5, `Sonatina brevis in signo Joannis Peter Donohoe, Piano Variations and Fugue on Chopin's C minor Prelude ...

Fantasia contrappuntistica (version IV) Allan Schiller, Piano Ferruccio (Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto) Busoni, Composer John Humphreys, Piano Improvisation über Bachs Chorallied 'Wie wohl is Allan ...

Arguably the greatest pianist of his time, the legacy of Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) is perpetuated through his popular piano transcriptions and futuristic musical thinking. Commemorating the ...

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), to whose name the recently held international piano competition in Bolzano is dedicated, was a pianist and composer of formidable gifts, two facets of his talent that ...