Wolf Harden - Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 8 (2013)
Wolf Harden - Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 8 (2013)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 185 MB | Tracks: 30 | 65:15 min
Style: Classical | Label: Naxos
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 185 MB | Tracks: 30 | 65:15 min
Style: Classical | Label: Naxos
Listen to any of the selections on this disc without knowing the composer’s identity, starting with a set of 24 Preludes that follow Chopin’s key structure. At first you’ll think that the A-flat major resembles Grieg’s content dressed up in Schumann’s keyboard idiom. Or you’ll wonder if the toccata-like piece in E-flat major is a Schubert finale on steroids, or perhaps Alkan rewriting the finale of Beethoven’s Op. 54 sonata. What about that strange, fugal G minor piece? Is that one of Anton Reicha’s 36 piano fugues? The D-flat Prelude is even harder to pin down. It bears tinges of Chopin, albeit Chopin filtered through the young Scriabin who is palpitating less than usual.
Then play the six character pieces that make up Macchiette medioevali. One movement called “Guerriero” features march tunes that are sometimes simplistic and naïve yet still manage to veer off onto quirky harmonic paths. The final “Trovatore” is even more fascinating. It begins with declamatory rolled chords (think of the Schumann C major Fantasy’s central movement) that eventually accompany a strange melody that never quite settles. After a while you begin to appreciate the assured piano writing and the obviously caring, methodical performances
But who’s the composer? Would you believe Ferruccio Busoni at around age 14? Evidently the teenaged Busoni already was rewriting other people’s music in his own image with variable success. Wolf Harden’s clean, refined, and fully committed pianism makes the best case for these early works on disc, along with Naxos’ fine engineering and Richard Whitehouse’s accurate, perceptive booklet annotations.
Tracklist:
01. No. 1 in C Major: Moderato
02. No. 2 in A Minor: Andantino sostenuto
03. No. 3 in G Major: Andante con moto
04. No. 4 in E Minor: Allegretto (in carattere di danza)
05. No. 5 in D Major: Vivace assai quasi presto
06. No. 6 in B Minor: Moderato (in carattere d'un Corale)
07. No. 7 in A Major: Allegro vivace (in carattere di Giga)
08. No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor: Allegro moderato
09. No. 9 in E Major: Allegretto vivace e con brio (in carattere campestre)
10. No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor: Vivace ed energico
11. No. 11 in B Major: Allegretto piacevole, :alla danza:
12. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor: Andantino
13. No. 13 in F-Sharp Major: Allegretto scherzando
14. No. 14 in E-Flat Minor: Lento (funebre)
15. No. 15 in D-Flat Major: Andantino sostenuto
16. No. 16 in B-Flat Minor: Maestoso ed energico
17. No. 17 in A-Flat Major: Allegretto vivace
18. No. 18 in F Minor: Allegretto con moto
19. No. 19 in E-Flat Major: Allegro vivo
20. No. 20 in C Minor: Allegro moderato
21. No. 21 in B-Flat Major: Andantino sostenuto
22. No. 22 in G Minor: Vivace e scherzoso
23. No. 23 in F Major: Allegro vivace
24. No. 24 in D Minor: Presto
25. No. 1. Dama (Lady)
26. No. 2. Cavaliere (Knight)
27. No. 3. Paggio (Page)
28. No. 4. Guerriero (Warrior)
29. No. 5. Astrologo (Astrologist)
30. No. 6. Trovatore (Troubadour)
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