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Peter Donohoe's first album devoted to Busoni was enthusiastically received by the critics, and nominated for a BBC Music Magazine award. This second volume offers playing and musicality of the same high standards. His programme opens with two of Busoni's finest Bach transcriptions, widely seen as a pinnacle of the repertoire for pianistic virtuosity, and much more widely played than Busoni's own compositions. This is followed by the Variations on Chopin's Prelude in C minor - a work in which Busoni demonstrates his innate skill of re-interpretation, and his mastery of counterpoint, and a piece he reworked several times. The following works are 'all Busoni' - the first and second sonatinas, and the Fantasia contrappuntistica, in the composer's later adaptation for two pianos. The first Steinway Artist of Indian origin, Karl Lutchmayer is equally renowned as a concert pianist, a lecturer, and a broadcaster. He joins Peter Donohoe in the Fantasia, and also performs the Second Sonatina. Album Tracks 1. Toccata and Fugue, K B 29 in D minor~Adagio - Prestissimo - (Meno Presto) - Prestissimo - Quasi Adagio - 2. Toccata and Fugue, K B 29 in D minor~Fuga. Allegro sostenuto - Recitativo - Adagissimo - Presto - Vivace - Molto Adagio 3. Prelude and Fugue, K B 20 in D major~Präludium. Moderato - Alla breve - Adagio - 4. Prelude and Fugue, K B 20 in D major~Fuga. Allegro moderato 5. Variationen und Fuge in freier Form über Fr. Chopins c-Moll Präludium, Op. 22, K 213 6. Sonatina [prima], K 257 7. Sonatina seconda, K 259 8. Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~1. Maestoso deciso - (Tema) - Allegro (deciso e apertamente) - Quasi lo stesso tempo ma più segretamente - Allegro - Andantino - Alle breve - Quasi la metà di tempo, intimamente e rubato - 9. Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~2. Fuga I, tranquillissimo - (Tema) - 10. Fantasia contrappuntistica, K 256b~3.
