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Re: Goldberg Variations arranged by Busoni
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Charlie Siffermann wrote:
> Dear Minors,
>
> On my usual hunt around the used CD store I found a most outstanding
> recording I want to share with you. It is Ferruccio Busoni's free
> arrnagement of the Goldberg Variations.
> It is so fresh (arranged 1914) to hear the Goldberg Variations a new
> way. David Buechner plays the piano on this recording for Connoisseur
> Society CD 4212. The CD also has other Busoni arrangements to fill it
> out.
Interesting! Thanks for the info. (This'll be one to set beside the
_Fantasia Contrappuntistica_, his elaboration of the Art of Fugue. Mmm.)
Do you know the wild transcriptions of the Bach violin solo sonatas by
Godowsky, 1923? There's a Marco Polo CD (8.223794) of them from last
year. Very imaginative harmonizations and elaborations, sort of like
thinking you've ordered a simple chocolate sundae but receiving a dish
with eleven different types of fudge, three flavors of ice cream, real
whipped cream, and four kinds of cherries. The pieces are hardly
recognizable at some spots. http://www.hnh.com/cat/223794.htm
>
> I wonder if GG ever saw this arrangement? Imagine if GG had put his
> mind to writing some variations or arranging the Goldberg Variations.
He did add some octave doubling to a few of the variations, if that counts
as an arrangement. And when he was young wasn't he lauded as the best
pianist since Busoni?
Bradley Lehman ~ Harrisonburg VA, USA ~ 38.45716N+78.94565W
bpl@umich.edu ~ http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/