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Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 8 - 24 Preludes, Op. 37; Macchiette medioevali, Op. 33 / Wolf Harden, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Preludes (24), for piano, Op. 37, KiV 181; Macchiette medioevali, suite for piano, Op. 33, KiV 194 & 195
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Volume 8 features two compositions from Busoni's teenage years (1881-83). Charming and engaging works which already reveal an inventive and personal accommodation with mid-19th century...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK (01/21/2012-01/22/2012)....continue...

Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 7

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Konzert-Fantasie über Motive aus der Oper "Merlin," paraphrase for piano (after Goldmark), KiV B55; Fantasy on Motives from "Der Barbier von Bagdad," paraphrase for piano (afte...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

The essence of Ferruccio Busoni’s music lies in its synthesis of his Italian and German ancestry, emotion and intellect, imagination and rigour. This seventh volume...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England (06/15/2009-06/16/2009)....continue...

Easy Listening Piano Classics: J.S. Bach

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-09-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1); Partita no 1 in B flat major, BWV 825; Two-Part Invention no 14 in B major, BWV 785; 3-Part Invention...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Rubsam, Wolfgang; Sebestyen, Janos

Ferruccio Busoni - Piano Music Vol 6

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Fantasy & Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", for piano (after Meyerbeer/Lizst S. 259; Sonata, for piano in F minor, Op. 20a, KiV 204; Prélude et Étude en A...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

The sixth volume of Busoni's piano music features two major projects from the earlier part of his career. The Liszt transcription powerfully recreates the composer's...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England (04/23/2008-04/24/2008)....continue...

Busoni: Piano Music Vol 5 / Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-04-28

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Praeludium & Fuge, transcription for piano in E flat major "St. Anne" (after J. S. Bach, BWV 552), K; Sechs Etüden, for piano, Op. 16, KiV 203; Sechs Stücke, for piano, Op...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Wolf Harden's Busoni Piano Edition has been warmly applauded for its "spacious aural frame" (NXS 8555034), "stunningly authoritative" playing (NXS 8555699), "lightness of touch and...continue...

Busoni: Piano Music Vol 4 / Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Praeludium & Fuge, transcription for piano in D major (after J. S. Bach, BWV 532), KiV B20; Elegien, suite of elegies (6) for piano, KiV 249; Berceuse, for piano (Elegies no 7), KiV...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Performance occupied much of Busoni's attention until the turn of the twentieth century, when composition began to assume a new importance in his career. Busoni...continue...

Schumann: Humoreske; Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Bach

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Humoreske for piano in B flat major, Op. 20; Max Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J.S. Bach for piano, Op. 81
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Busoni: Piano Music Vol 3 / Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-01-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564; Ferruccio Busoni: Trois Morceaux, for piano, Op. 4-6, KiV 197; Work(s); Ballet Scene no 2, K 209; Zwei Tanzstücke, dance pie...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

The essence of Busoni's music lies in a synthesis of his Italian and German ancestry: emotion and intellect, imagination and discipline, often allied with a...continue...

Busoni: Piano Music Vol 2 / Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-01

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Chaconne, transcription for piano in D minor (after J. S. Bach, BWV 1004), KiV B24; Etude in form of Variations for Piano in C sharp minor, Op. 17/K 206; Variations on Siegfried Och...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

"...Busoni eventually came to consider this half-hour work [the Prelude and Fugue on Chopin's C minor Prelude] as a 'youthful excess' and in 1922 produced...continue...

Night Music 6 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfi...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Luptacik, Josef; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Szekely, Istvan; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Kopelman, Jozef; Halász, Michael; Nemeth, Gyula; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Edlinger, Richard; Dvorak, Jaroslav
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Night Music 8 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2; Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for 4 Violins without Baso Continuo in F major; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485; Wol...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Holbling, Anna; Holbling, Guido; Jablokov, Alexander; Nishizaki, Takako; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]; Vladar, Stefan; Weissberg, Herbert; Wordsworth, Barry [Conductor]
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Edlinger, Richard; Halász, Michael; Sieghart, Martin; Bogár, István; ; Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet ; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Night Music 10 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Nishizaki, Takako; Sarkoezi, G.; Zaritzkaya, Irina
Conductors: Lenárd, Ondrej; Parkanyi, Tibor; Wordsworth, Barry; Pesek, Libor; Clark, Keith; Dvorak, Jaroslav; ; Ligeti, András; Kopelman, Jozef
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet

Busoni: Piano Music Vol 1 / Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-05-01

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Toccatas, transcriptions (2) for piano in D minor & C major (BWV 564/565; BBGA 7/3), KiV B29; Prelude & Fugue, for piano in C minor, Op. 21, KiV 85; An die Jugend, pieces (4) for pi...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Busoni's music for solo piano embraces the virtuosity of Liszt and the technical discipline of Bach. Nowhere are these characteristics more apparent than in his...continue...

Ballade

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-07-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Chant sans paroles (Song without words), for piano, Op. 2/3; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049; An...
Performers: Banowetz, Joseph; CSR Symphony Orchestra; CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Istropolitana, Capella; Kanta, Ludovít; Nagy, Péter [Piano]; Nishizaki, ...
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Warchal, Bohdan; Lenárd, Ondrej; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Edlinger, Richard; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana

Personnel: Takako Nishizaki (violin); Ludovit Kanta (cello); Péter Nagy , Joseph Banowetz, Balázs Szokolay (piano)....continue...

The Best of Rimsky-Korsakov

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-16

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Scheherazade; Flight of the Bumblebee; Symphony, "Antar" (ii), for orchestra no 2, Op. 9; The Snow Maiden; Sadko; Russian Easter Festival Overture...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Nolan, David
Conductors: Clark, Keith; Bátiz, Enrique; Bramall, Anthony; Anichanov, André; Johanos, Donald
Ensemble: ; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava

Romantic Violin Favourites / Takako Nishizaki, Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1988-06-30

Works: Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Incidental Music, Op. 26; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Golden Cockerel; Sadko; Scheherazade; George Frederick Handel...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako