BUSONI: The Complete Liszt Transcriptions [CD de audio] Ivo Sandro Bartoli (piano) and Busoni

A pianists dream: a rare and precious testament of a great pianists vision (Busoni) of anothers (Liszt) work. Very popular repertoire in extremely rare versions. Ferrucio Busoni (1866-1924) was one of the most gifted pianists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as being a composer of considerable importance and vision. A child prodigy, he debuted at the age of 12, being quickly marked out as a piano virtuoso unlike any other. His reputation for many years rested on his remarkable transcriptions of J.S Bach, which tended to overshadow both his original compositions and his other transcriptions. This CD contains his complete transcriptions of Liszt. The tradition of a pianist transcribing another composers music for his own use was time honoured when Busoni made his versions of Liszts music. However whereas most pianist adapted works to suit their style and technical abilities, Busoni went a step further and wrote everything down, often illuminating his choices with ration