Ferruccio Busoni discography (as pianist)
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This article lists acoustic recordings made for Columbia by Ferruccio Busoni. The published recordings were issued on 78-rpm records. It is believed that the original matrices were destroyed in a fire at the Columbia factory in England in the 1920s.Sitsky, p. 332. Copies of the original 78s still exist, and the recordings have been transferred to LP and CD. Some of the digital copies have been computer enhanced.
List of acoustic recordings
Table 1. Recordings from 18–19 November 1919 at Columbia Studios, London.The information in Table 1 is taken from Roberge, pp. 127-139, and Dyment.
The recordings from these earlier sessions were deemed unsatisfactory,See Busoni's [http://www.rprf.org/Busoni_Letters.html Letters to His Wife: 1, 19 February 1922] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120180139/http://www.rprf.org/Busoni_Letters.html |date=20 November 2008 }} (reproduced at [http://www.rprf.org/About_us.htm The Reproducing Piano Roll Foundation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715053952/http://www.rprf.org/About_us.htm |date=2007-07-15 }} web site). Accessed 7 July 2009. were not issued, and are probably lost.
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! Composer ! Work ! Matrix/Take |
| Bach
| Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C Major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I) | 76699-1, -2 |
| Mozart
| Andantino from Piano Concerto No.9 in E-flat major, KV 271 (BV B 84, excerpt) | 76700-1, -2 |
| Gounod-Liszt
| Waltz from the opera Faust, S.407 | 76701-1, -2 |
| Bach
| Organ Chorale Prelude "Rejoice, Beloved Christians" BWV 734 (BV B 27) | 76702-1, -2 |
| Beethoven
| Ecossaises (not identified further; probably BV B 47) | 76702-1, -2 |
| Chopin
| Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op.15, No.2 | 76703-1, -2 |
| Liszt
| Hungarian Rhapsody No.13 in A minor S.244, Part 1 (abbreviated) | 76704-1, -2 |
| Liszt
| Hungarian Rhapsody No.13 in A minor S.244, Part 2 (abbreviated) | 76705-1, -2 |
| Liszt
| Années de Pèlerinage; Deuxième Année - Italie, S.161 No.6: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca | 76706-1, -2 |
| Liszt
| Valse oubliée [No.1?, S.215] | 76707-1, -2 |
| Liszt
| Etudes d'Exécution Transcendente d'après Paganini, S.140 No.5, "La Chasse" | 76708-1, -2 |
| Chopin
| Etude in E minor, Op.25 No.5 | 76709-1, -2 |
| Weber
| Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, Op.24: Finale, Presto (Rondo, Perpetuum mobile) | 76710-1, -2, -3 |
Table 2. Recordings from 27 February 1922 at Columbia Studios, London.The information in Table 2 is taken from Sitsky, pp. 331-333; Roberge, pp. 127-139; and Dyment.
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! Composer ! Work ! IssueEach issue is a double-sided 78 rpm record. ! Matrix/Take |
| Bach
| Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C Major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I) | | 76699-3 |
| Bach
| Organ Chorale Prelude "Rejoice, Beloved Christians" BWV 734 (BV B 27) | L 1470 | 76702-3 |
| Beethoven
| Ecossaises, WoO 83 (BV B 47) | L 1470 | 76702-3 |
| Chopin
| Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op.15, No.2 | L 1432 | 76703-3 |
| Liszt
| Hungarian Rhapsody No.13 in A minor S.244, Part 1 (abbreviated) | | 76704-3 |
| Liszt
| Hungarian Rhapsody No.13 in A minor S.244, Part 2 (abbreviated) | L 1456 | 76705-3 |
| Liszt
| Années de Pèlerinage; Deuxième Année - Italie, S.161 No.6: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca | | 76706-3This take was rejected because of "rough surfaces"; probably lost. |
| Chopin
| Etude in E minor, Op.25 No.5 | | 76709-3 |
| Weber
| Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, Op.24: Finale, Presto (Rondo, Perpetuum mobile) | | 76709-4Take 4 was deemed acceptable but for some reason was not published; probably lost. |
| Beethoven
| Ecossaises (not identified further; probably BV B 47) | | 75058-1This take was rejected because of "extraneous noises"; probably lost. |
| Bach
| Prelude to Chorale (not identified further; probably BV B 27) | |
| Chopin
| Etude in G-flat major, Op.10 No.5 | L 1432 | 75059-1 |
| Chopin
| Prelude in A major, Op.28 No.7; Etude in G-flat major, Op.10 No.5There is an "improvised bridge passage" between the Prelude and the Etude (Sitsky, p. 332). | | 75060-1 |
Selected CD reissue
- Busoni and his Legacy: Piano recordings by Busoni • Ley • Petri
:[http://www.arbiterrecords.com Arbiter] 134 (CD; 72 min; ADD using "sonic depth technology"; issued 2002).
:• Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924): the complete 1922 recordings (L 1445, L 1470, L 1432, L 1456)
:• Rosamond Ley (1882-1969):
::• Liszt: Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este (rec. 1942)
::• Liszt: Sonata après une lecture du Dante (rec. 1942)
:• Egon Petri (1881-1962):
::• Liszt: Totentanz (incomplete; first 78 missing; rec. 1936)
::• Busoni: Piano Concerto, Movement 4 (recorded from a live broadcast 2 June 1932 with Hans Rosbaud, conductor)
Notes
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References
- Dyment, Christopher (1978). "Ferruccio Busoni: His Phonograph Recordings," [http://www.arsc-audio.org/journal-backissues.html ARSC Journal], [http://www.arsc-audio.org/journals/v10/v10n2-3p185-187.pdf 10:2/3, pp. 185-187.] Accessed 7 July 2009.
- Roberge, Marc-André (1991). Ferruccio Busoni: a bio-bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press. {{ISBN|0-313-25587-3}}
- Sitsky, Larry (2008). Busoni and the Piano. The Works, the Writings, and the Recordings. (2nd ed.) Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press. {{ISBN|978-1-57647-158-6}} [First edition, Westport: Greenwood Press,1986. {{ISBN|0-313-23671-2}}]
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