Johann Sebastian Bach: Ferruccio Busoni & His Muses - CD

Title: Ferruccio Busoni & His Muses
Artist: Johann Sebastian Bach
Label: Bridge
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 090404961021
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-01-03
Number of Discs: 1

Ferruccio Busoni's most significant musical role models include Bach, Mozart, and Liszt. These three muses informed his mature compositional style, which melded Bachian counterpoint, Mozartian clarity, and Lisztian virtuosity alongside Busoni's penchant for experimentation. The music on Jiayan Sun's new album reveals the diverse ways Busoni responded to these muses, ranging from transcription and arrangement to original composition. Pianist Jiayan Sun, was praised by the New York Times for his "revelatory" performances, and by the Toronto Star for his "technically flawless, poetically inspired and immensely assured playing".

Tracks:
1.1 Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue BWV 903
1.2 Toccata: Preludio-Fantasia-Ciaconna BV 287
1.3 Elegy No. 7: Berceuse BV 252
1.4 Fantasia nach Johann Sebastian Bach BV 253
1.5 Indianisches Tagebuch, Book 1 BV 267~I. Allegro affetuoso, un poco agitato
1.6 Indianisches Tagebuch, Book 1 BV 267~II. Vivace
1.7 Indianisches Tagebuch, Book 1 BV 267~III. Andante
1.8 Indianisches Tagebuch, Book 1 BV 267~IV. Maestoso ma andando
1.9 Sonatina No. 6: Kammer-Fantasie über Bizets 'Carmen' BV 284
1.10 Fantasie über Zwei Motive aus W.A. Mozarts 'Die Hochzeit des Figaro' S. 697
1.11 Klavier- Übung Part 3. Variations-Studie nach Mozart I (Transcription of Serenade from "Don Giovanni")