Alfred Brendel plays Busoni & Liszt

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Label
APR
Release Date
November 1, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach, Ferruccio Busoni, Franz Liszt
    • PERFORMER
      Alfred Brendel
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 01, 2024
    • UPC
      5024709156559
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      APR5655
    • LABEL
      APR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Preludio corale

      Composer: Ferruccio Busoni

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    2. Fuga I

      Composer: Ferruccio Busoni

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    3. Fuga II

      Composer: Ferruccio Busoni

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    4. Fuga III

      Composer: Ferruccio Busoni

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    5. Intermezzo

      Composer: Ferruccio Busoni

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    6. Fuga IV - Stretta

      Composer: Ferruccio Busoni

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    7. Bach - 10 Chorale Preludes: No. 5. Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr, BWV 639

      Composer: Ferruccio Busoni

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    8. I. Psallite (Old Christmas Song)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    9. II. O heilige Nacht! (O Holy Night)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    10. III. Die Hirten an der Krippe (In dulci jubilo)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    11. IV. Adeste Fideles (March of the Three Holy Kings)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    12. V. Scherzoso (Little Scherzo, "Lighting the Tree")

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    13. VI. Carillon (Chimes)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    14. VII. Schlummerlied (Slumber Song)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    15. VIII. Altes provencalisches Weihnachtslied (Old Provencal Christmas Song)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    16. IX. Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    17. X. Ehemals (Old Times)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    18. XI. Ungarisch (Hungarian)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel

    19. XII. Polnisch (Polish)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Alfred Brendel


Alfred Brendel's least known recordings are the four LPs he made for the US label SPA Records in the early 1950s. Until now, none has been given a full commercial release in the digital era but among them is a recording which is surely one of the most important in Brendel's discography - that of Busoni's 'Fantasia Contrappuntistica', the composer's monumental response to Bach's 'Art of Fugue'. We are delighted to reissue it here with Mr Brendel's blessing, along with his first solo LP, the complete recording of Liszt's 'Weihnachtsbaum'. Both these works were recorded premieres at the time and the pianist was not to return to them again in the studio, so this marks an important addition to his available discography. The booklet contains a note by the pianist himself, written specially for this release, with his reflections on Busoni and the Fantasia Contrappunctistica.