

Ferruccio Busoni
Prelude and Fugue in D major for Organ BWV 532
Aside from the violin Chaconne (HN 557) and the ten Chorale Preludes for organ (HN 1293), the Prelude and Fugue in D major ranks among the best-known piano transcriptions Busoni fashioned from J. S. Bach’s works. Considerable evidence suggests that he viewed these three pieces as paradigmatic examples of his transcription technique. Busoni’s explicit labelling of the Prelude and Fugue “for concert performance” in the title already serves as an indication of the heightened virtuosic requirements. And, indeed, here Busoni demands that the pianist have perfectly mastered the keyboard, always with the aim of delegating to the piano, effectively but still in the spirit of Bach, the mighty sound-world of the organ work. This Urtext edition is heartily recommended to all those pianists who have ever wanted, finally, to pull out all the stops on the piano.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
For many musicians he is “the Alpha and Omega of all music” (Max Reger). Except for operas, Bach composed masterpieces for every ensemble and genre of his age. His catalogue of works contains almost 1,100 entries, including the great Passions of St. Matthew and St. Johan, the Goldberg Variations, the Brandenburg Concerti, or hundreds of singular cantatas. As organist in Mühlhausen and Weimar he creates primarily organ compositions, concerti, and works of chamber music. Later, as music director in Köthen and for the decades he serves as cantor in Leipzig, he composes chiefly sacred vocal compositions and keyboard works. His later, contrapuntally complex compositions exert an enormous influence on the compositional styles and practices of later generations.

Ferruccio Busoni
Important composer, pianist, conductor, and music essayist who advocated for classicality and classicism in a mode of thought aligned with progress. In addition, he adapted and transcribed quite a few works, especially those of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Henle biedt een overzichtelijke, geheel volgens de huidige normen vormgegeven tekst in een prettig openslaand cahier. Met het oog op de studietijd die deze bewerking zelfs van zeer gevorderde pianisten vergt, is een dergelijk handzame vormgeving bepaald gewenst te noemen.
de nieuwe muze, 2020Insgesamt ist diese Neuausgabe aber in jedem Fall eine wunderbare Einladung, Bach-Busoni wieder oder neu für sich zu entdecken – und damit ebenso geschmack- wie prachtvolle klavieristische Aneignungen eines Repertoires, das von der Kirche in den Konzertsaal geholt wird, wie es schon Liszt in seinen Bearbeitungen vorgemacht hatte.
Die Tonkunst, 2020