Bring back Busoni, all is forgotten

Bring back Busoni, all is forgotten

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norman lebrecht

March 06, 2020

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:

Busoni cast such a giant shadow in his time that it practically eclipsed his music. With a head that resembled Beethoven’s and the best-stocked mind of any peripatetic pianist — he was the only soloist whose visits delighted Gustav Mahler — Busoni’s own compositions were largely overlooked, whether on grounds of difficulty, or because he could invariably play them better himself.

Busoni could do anything….

 

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