Discography
Discography
Once a towering inspirational figure in the musical life of Berlin, later a crucial influence on musicians as diverse as Sibelius, Varèse, Schoenberg and Weill, Ferruccio Busoni is now being rediscovered by a new generation of performers and listeners. Kurt Weill wrote: “Ferruccio Busoni has been called the last Renaissance man. It is strange enough that such a phenomenon appeared in our time. We are bound to think of Leonardo. In him also we find that comprehensive spirituality which strives to open up all attainable spheres. Such individuals are immortal not only through their work but through the radiation of their personality, through the gradual influence of their humanity.” Busoni’s sui generis five-movement Piano Concerto is a work that bears comparison to Liszt’s Faust Symphony and Mahler’s Eighth. This revelatory new recording by pianist Kirill Gerstein with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the men of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus conducted by Sakari Oramo is a landmark in the wider acclamation of a singular genius who mapped a sublime 20th century alternative to the modernist revolt of Stravinsky and Schoenberg.
Read more about this project here.
International Classical Music Awards 2020, Winner of Concerto Category
Presto Classical, Recordings of the Year 2019 – Our Top 100
MusicWeb International, Recordings of the Year 2019
Final Shortlist in Best Concerto Recording category for 2019 Gramophone Awards
Limelight Recording of the Year Nomination 2019
El Pais, Top 5 Recordings of the Year 2019
Concerto category nomination for 2020 BBC Music Magazine Awards
| 1. | Piano Concerto in C major, op. 39 – 1. Prologo e Introito: Allegro, dolce e solenne |
| 2. | Piano Concerto in C major, op. 39 – 2. Pezzo giocoso: Vivacemente, ma senza fretta |
| 3. | Piano Concerto in C major, op. 39 – 3. Pezzo serioso |
| 4. | Piano Concerto in C major, op. 39 – 4. All Italiana (Tarantella) |
| 5. | Piano Concerto in C major, op. 39 – 5. Cantico: Largamente |
