Wolf Harden - Ferruccio Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 10: Piano Transcriptions of Works by J.S. Bach, Brahms, Cramer, Liszt and Mozart

Busoni embodied an essentially recreative approach to the music of the past. His Bach transcriptions reveal an absolute command of intricate polyphony and a limpid clarity. Mozart stood as an aesthetic and technical exemplar while Cramer�s little-known Etudes are adapted for modern piano technique. Busoni preserved the Lutheran austerity of Brahms�s Chorale Preludes for Organ, Op. 122 whereas in the Mephisto Waltz No. 1 he augments Liszt�s heady writing with a super-virtuosity of his own.