Jon Lewis ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Well, what with all this talk about Busoni, and my knowledge of him still
>limited to one tantalizing hearing of a "Perpetuum Mobile" on the car radio
>four years ago, when I noticed yesterday that CDNow has the Ogdon volume
>of Great Pianists (including the concerto op. 39) on sale for a mere $16
>I went ahead and got it.  ...  Finally to top off the whole folly I
>redeemed my free cd credit for a Centaur disc that had Busoni's Fantasia
>Contrappuntistica.

Who's playing the Busoni? The Ogdon recording of the Busoni is superb, but
his Alkan is less fine.  (Interestingly enough the liner note spends some
time denigrating it - you wonder why they included it at all).  For the
Alkan you need to hear Hamelin (M&A).

Deryk Barker
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