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Ferruccio Busoni

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Ferruccio Busoni (April 1, 1866 – July 27, 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, music teacher and conductor. The majority of Busoni's works are for the piano. Busoni's music is typically contrapuntally complex, with several melodic lines unwinding at once. Although his music is never entirely atonal in the Schoenbergian sense, his later works are often in indeterminate key. In the program notes for the premiere of his Sonatina seconda of 1912, Busoni calls the work senza tonalità (without tonality).

Top songs

  1. Elegies BV 249: VII. Berceuse
  2. 24 Preludes, Op. 37, BV 181: No. 15 in D-Flat Major
  3. Busoni: Ich ruf' zu dir (After Bach's chorale prelude, BWV 639), BV B27 No. 5
  4. Piano Sonatina No. 6 super Carmen, "Kammerfantasie"
  5. Busoni/Bach, J.S.: "Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ", BWV 639
  6. 7 Short Pieces for the Cultivation of Polyphonic Playing, BV 296: No. 1, Preludietto. Allegro
  7. Prologo, BV 279
  8. Bach / Busoni: Toccatas and Fugues, BV B29: No. 2, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor: Fugue (After Bach's BWV 565)
  9. Sonata No.2 In E Minor, Op.36a, BV 244: 3. Andante, più tosto grave
  10. Das Orgel-Büchlein, BV B 27: No. 2, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (After J. S. Bach's BWV 645)
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  1. Klavierübung (1925 2nd Edition), Book 2 : Preludio "Allegro festivo"
  2. Una festa di villaggio, Op. 9, BV 185: No. 5, Danza
  3. Beethoven - 6 Ecossaises, WoO 83
  4. Duettino concertante nach dem Finale von Mozarts Klavierkonzert K. 459
  5. Fantasia After J. S. Bach, BV 253
  6. 10 Chorale Preludes, BV B 27 (Excerpts): No. 2, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme [After J.S. Bach's BWV 645]
  7. Bach / Busoni: 10 Chorale Preludes, BV B27: No. 5, Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (After Bach's Orgelbüchlein, BWV 639)
  8. Fantasia, adagio e fuga (After J.S. Bach): Fantasia. Allegro ritenuto
  9. Bach / Busoni: Toccatas and Fugues, BV B29: No. 2, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor: Toccata (After Bach's BWV 565)
  10. 24 Preludes, Op. 37: No. 2 in A Minor: Andantino sostenuto
  11. 24 Preludes, Op. 37, BV 181: No. 1 in C Major
  12. Bach / Busoni: Toccatas and Fugues, BV B29: No. 1, Toccata and Fugue in C Major: Adagio (After Bach's BWV 564)
  13. Nuit de Noël, BV 251
  14. Ten Variations on a Prelude of Chopin, BV 213a
  15. Seven Elegies: Nach der Wendung
  16. Sonatina No. 3, BV 268 "ad usum infantis Madeline M* Americanae": IV. Molto tranquillo
  17. Tanzwalzer, Op. 53
  18. Piano Concerto Op. 39 (1989 Digital Remaster): II. Pezzo giocoso
  19. Kleine Suite für Violoncello und Klavier, Op. 23
  20. Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Andante maestoso, ma non troppo lento)
  21. Elegien, BV 249: No. 4, Turandots Frauengemach
  22. Chaconne in D Minor, BV B 24 (After Bach's BWV 1004) [Live]
  23. Lustspielouverture, Op. 38
  24. Busoni & Bach: 10 Chorale Preludes: No. 5, Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr, BWV 639
  25. Fantasia Contrappuntistica, BV 256
  26. Nuit de Noel
  27. Serenata, Op. 34 (Kind. 196)
  28. Sonata No.2 In E Minor, Op.36a, BV 244: 2. Presto
  29. An die Jugend, Kind. 254: 3. Giga, Bolero e Variazione. Studie nach Mozart
  30. Die Brautwahl, Op. 45, BV 261: V. Heiteres Stück
  31. Sonata No.2 In E Minor, Op.36a, BV 244: 1. Langsam
  32. Concerto in D Major, Op. 35a: II. Quasi andante
  33. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35a
  34. Busoni & Bach: 10 Chorale Preludes: No. 3, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
  35. Busoni: Elegien: No. 7, Berceuse
  36. Berceuse elegiaque, Op. 42
  37. Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39: I. Prologo e Introito. Allegro, dolce e solenne - Live
  38. Fantasia contrappuntistica For Two Pianos, 256b: Choral-Variations
  39. 24 Preludes, Op. 37, BV 181: No. 7 Allegro vivace
  40. Piano Concerto Op. 39 (1989 Digital Remaster): I. Prologo e introito
  41. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
  42. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata. Adagio – Prestissimo
  43. 9 Variations sur le Prélude en ut mineur de Frédéric Chopin (Version Posthume)
  44. Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39, BV 247: I. Prologo e introito. Allegro, dolce e solenne (Live)
  45. Violin Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 36a, BV 244: IIIb. Andante con moto
  46. Fantasia Contrappuntistica: Fuga I
  47. Scene 1: The Execution, the City Gate and the Departure
  48. Piano Concerto in C Major, BV 247: I. Prologo e Introito. Allegro, dolce e solenne
  49. Sonatina "in diem Nativitatis Christi MCMXVII" (No. 4), BV 274
  50. Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39: II. Pezzo giocoso. Vivacemente, ma senza fretta - Live
  51. Sonata No.2 In E Minor, Op.36a, BV 244: 4. Andante con moto
  52. Fantasia nach J.S. Bach
  53. Nocturne symphonique, Op. 43
  54. Fantasia Contrappuntistica
  55. Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39: V. Cantico. Largamente - Live
  56. Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
  57. Busoni: Piano Sonatina No. 3 "Ad usum infantis Madeline M.* Americanae": III. Vivace, alla marcia
  58. Violin Concerto in D Major, BV 243, Op. 35a: I. Allegro moderato
  59. III. Vivace assai
  60. Sarabande und Cortège, Op.51: Sarabande
  61. Serenade "Deh vieni alla finestra" from Mozart's Don Giovanni
  62. Doktor Faust / First Scene: Symphonic Intermezzo
  63. Piano Concerto in C Major, BV 247: II. Pezzo giocoso. Vivacamente, ma senza fretta
  64. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 26: IV. Andantino - Allegro con brio
  65. Indianisches Tagebuch. Erstes Buch, Kind. 267: 1. Allegretto affettuoso, un poco agitato
  66. Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39, BV 247: II. Pezzo giocoso. Vivacemente, ma senza fretta (Live)
  67. IV. Andantino - Allegro con brio
  68. Sonatina #1 (Busoni)
  69. Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39: III. Pezzo serioso - Live
  70. Toccata. Preludio - Fantasia - Ciaccona, Kind. 287
  71. Götterdämmerung: Marcia funebre
  72. Piano Concerto Op. 39 (1989 Digital Remaster): III. Pezzo serioso (Introductio - Prima pars - Altera pars - Ultima pars)
  73. Klavierübung (1925 2nd Edition), Book 6 : Variations-Studie nach Mozart I (Serenade from Don Giovanni)
  74. Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39: IV. All Italiana. Tarantella - Live
  75. Sonatina seconda
  76. Finnlandische Volksweisen, Op. 27: I. Andante molto espressivo - Allegretto moderato
  77. Busoni: 10 Chorale Preludes: No. 5, Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (After Bach's Orgelbüchlein, BWV 639)
  78. Piano Concerto in C Major, BV 247: III. Pezzo serioso. b. Prima Pars. Andante, quasi adagio
  79. Piano Concerto in C Major, BV 247: III. Pezzo serioso. a. Introductio. Andante sostenuto, pensoso
  80. Clarinet Concertino, Op. 48
  81. 5 Kurze Stucke zur Pflege des polyphonen Spiels: No. 2. Andante molto tranquillo e legato
  82. Piano Concerto Op. 39 (1989 Digital Remaster): IV. All'italiana (Tarantella)
  83. Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532: I. Prelude. Moderato
  84. Sonatina No. 3, BV 268 "ad usum infantis Madeline M* Americanae": II. Andantino melancolico
  85. Piano Concerto in C Major, BV 247: IV. All'Italiana. Tarantella. Vivace – In un tempo
  86. Piano Concerto in C Major, BV 247: III. Pezzo serioso. c. Altera Pars. Sommessamente
  87. Piano Concerto Op. 39 (1989 Digital Remaster): V. Cantico [with male chorus]
  88. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: Toccata. Adagio - Prestissimo
  89. 5 Kurze Stucke zur Pflege des polyphonen Spiels: No. 5. Adagio (after Mozart's Gesang von Zwei geharnischte Manner from Die Zauberflote)
  90. Piano Concerto in C Major, BV 247: III. Pezzo serioso. d. Ultima Pars. A tempo

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