Busoni as Pianist

A translation of the only book that focuses solely on the pianistic aspect of Busoni''s wide-ranging career.

Ferruccio Busoni is most widely known today as the composer of such works as the Second Violin Sonata, the incidental music for Gozzi''s Turandot, and the most monumental piano concerto in the repertory (some eighty minuteslong, with male chorus in the finale). But Busoni was also renowned i...