Ferruccio Busoni discography (as pianist)

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.[1] 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[edit]

Table 1. Recordings from 18–19 November 1919 at Columbia Studios, London.[2]
The recordings from these earlier sessions were deemed unsatisfactory,[3] were not issued, and are probably lost.

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.[4]

Composer  | Work  |  Issue[5] | Matrix/Take

|
|
|

Bach | Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C Major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)  |
L 1445  |  76699-3
76699-4
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
76703-4
Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody No.13 in A minor S.244, Part 1 (abbreviated)  |
L 1456  |  76704-3
76704-4
Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody No.13 in A minor S.244, Part 2 (abbreviated)  |  L 1456
|  76705-3
76705-4
Liszt | Années de Pèlerinage; Deuxième Année - Italie, S.161 No.6: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca  |  |  76706-3[6]
76706-4[6]
Chopin | Etude in E minor, Op.25 No.5 |
L 1445  |  76709-3
76709-4
Weber | Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, Op.24: Finale, Presto (Rondo, Perpetuum mobile)  |  |  76709-4[7]
76709-5
Beethoven | Ecossaises (not identified further; probably BV B 47)  |  |  75058-1[8]
Bach | Prelude to Chorale (not identified further; probably BV B 27)  |  |  75058-1[8]
Chopin | Etude in G-flat major, Op.10 No.5 |  L 1432
|  75059-1
75059-2
Chopin | Prelude in A major, Op.28 No.7; Etude in G-flat major, Op.10 No.5[9] |
L 1470  |  75060-1
75060-2

## Selected CD reissue[edit]

* Busoni and his Legacy: Piano recordings by Busoni • Ley • Petri

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[edit]

1. ^ Sitsky, p. 332.
2. ^ The information in Table 1 is taken from Roberge, pp. 127-139, and Dyment.
3. ^ See Busoni's Letters to His Wife: 1, 19 February 1922 Archived 20 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine (reproduced at The Reproducing Piano Roll Foundation Archived 2007-07-15 at the Wayback Machine web site). Accessed 7 July 2009.
4. ^ The information in Table 2 is taken from Sitsky, pp. 331-333; Roberge, pp. 127-139; and Dyment.
5. ^ Each issue is a double-sided 78 rpm record.
6. ^ a b This take was rejected because of "rough surfaces"; probably lost.
7. ^ Take 4 was deemed acceptable but for some reason was not published; probably lost.
8. ^ a b This take was rejected because of "extraneous noises"; probably lost.
9. ^ There is an "improvised bridge passage" between the Prelude and the Etude (Sitsky, p. 332).

## References[edit]

* Dyment, Christopher (1978). "Ferruccio Busoni: His Phonograph Recordings," ARSC Journal, 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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Operas|

* Die Brautwahl (1912)
* Turandot (1917)
* Arlecchino (1917)
* Doktor Faust (1925)

Concertos|

* Concerto for Piano and String Quartet (1878)
* Piano Concerto (1904)
* Indian Fantasy (1916)

Orchestral|

* Comedy Overture (1897)
* Turandot Suite (1905)
* Berceuse élégiaque (1909)

Piano compositions|

* Elegies (1908)
* An die Jugend (1909)
* Fantasia contrappuntistica (1910)
* Klavierübung

Piano editions
and transcriptions|

* Bach-Busoni Editions
* Toccata and Fugue in D minor (JS Bach)
* Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni

Keyboard students|

* Guido Agosti
* Maud Allan
* Ignaz Friedman
* Rudolf Ganz
* Percy Grainger
* Louis Gruenberg
* Egon Petri
* Leo Sirota
* Zdenka Ticharich
* Józef Turczyński

Composition students|

* Natalie Curtis
* Philipp Jarnach
* Edgard Varèse
* Wladimir Vogel
* Kurt Weill
* Stefan Wolpe
* George Frederick Boyle

Related articles|

* Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
* Ferruccio Busoni discography (as pianist)

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