- Amazon Sales Rank: #369937 in Music
- Released on: 2008-10-14
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Dimensions: .22 pounds
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Fantasia Contrappuntistica Picture
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
 A quieter, more introspective Busoni . . .
By Valerie Scruggs
Hamish Milne, as expected, delivers a phenominal performance on the Fantasia contrappuntistica. It was the other pieces, the Liszt Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam’ and the Andantino from Mozart’s ninth piano concerto, that, in all honesty, really caught my attention and stole the show.
Specifically, I was deeply moved by the transparency of the Liszt. It exceeded my expectations when it came to separating the parts, releasing the inner voices, and allowing the listener to enjoy the music in its totality, one note at a time. It was, dare I say, almost religious in experience.
The Mozart, likewise, does not disappoint. Where the Liszt piece imparts a veil like transparancy for the listener to gaze thru, the Mozart piece envelopes the listener in a universe of beauty and innocence that seems to transcends the very fabric of space and time.
This is a rare recording that should not be missed.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
A must-buy for Busoni’s Fantasia alone
By Kirk Falconer
I am in complete accord with the enthusiastic Scruggs review of this Hamish Milne recording of a major Busoni piano composition and transcriptions of Liszt and Mozart. However, while all of the music on this Hyperion disc is brilliant, and brilliantly performed, I save most of my superlatives for the barnstorming Fantasia Contrappuntistica.
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