Aldo Orvieto, Aldo Ciccolini & Marco Rapetti - Busoni: Works for 2 Pianos (2020)

Ferruccio Busoni composed a significant number of works for two pianos throughout his life. While Bach’s pervasive influence is already evident in some of his early compositions including the Preludio e Fuga and Capriccio, it reaches its most complex and glorious expression in the definitive 1921 version of his Fantasia contrappuntistica. In the case of Schumann’s Op. 134 for piano and orchestra, Busoni simply reduced the orchestral part for a second piano. However, his skill as a master transcriber and composer is revealed in his brilliant arrangements of Mozart’s works, which also highlight the subtlety and originality of his style.

Tracklist:
1. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): I. Choral Variationen (10:40)
2. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): II. Fuga I (02:26)
3. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): III. Fuga II (02:31)
4. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): IV. Fuga III (06:03)
5. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): V. Intermezzo (01:09)
6. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): VI. Variation I (01:30)
7. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): VII. Variation II (01:00)
8. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): VIII. Variation III (01:07)
9. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): IX. Cadenza (01:32)
10. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): X. Fuga IV (02:09)
11. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): XI. Corale (00:55)
12. Aldo Orvieto & Aldo Ciccolini – Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (Version for 2 Pianos): XII. Stretta (01:56)
13. Marco Rapetti & Aldo Orvieto – Introduction & Allegro, BV B 109 (After Schumann's, Op. 134) (13:42)
14. Marco Rapetti & Aldo Orvieto – Preludio e fuga in C Minor, Op. 32, BV 99: I. Preludio (01:33)
15. Marco Rapetti & Aldo Orvieto – Preludio e fuga in C Minor, Op. 32, BV 99: II. Fuga (03:45)
16. Marco Rapetti & Aldo Orvieto – Capriccio in G Minor, Op. 36, BV 104: I. Introduzione (01:59)
17. Marco Rapetti & Aldo Orvieto – Capriccio in G Minor, Op. 36, BV 104: II. Allegro vivace (05:25)
18. Marco Rapetti & Aldo Orvieto – Duettino concertante nach Mozart, BV B 88 (07:49)
19. Marco Rapetti & Aldo Orvieto – Overture from "Die Zauberflöte", BV B 93 (After Mozart's K. 620) (06:16)