Hey everyone, I hope you are having a nice day! Today I wanted to share Petri's fascinating rendition of Busoni's Fantasia Contrappuntistica. Petri was Busoni's student and he was in his 70s while recording this, looks like he forgot his age :D Around 9.25 he skips few bars so don't be confused for the crosses. Enjoy!
Fantasia contrappuntistica (BV 256) is a solo piano piece composed by Ferruccio Busoni in 1910. Busoni created a number of versions of the work, including several for solo piano and one for two pianos. It has been arranged for organ (by Wilhelm Middelschulte, dedicatee of the work, Busoni praised him as "Meister des Kontrapunktes") and for orchestra (by Frederick Stock) under the composer's supervision.
The work is in large part a homage to Johann Sebastian Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge. Conversely, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji's Opus clavicembalisticum appears to be a homage to Fantasia contrappuntistica.
Timestamps:
Intro with the photos of Petri and Busoni - 00:00
Preludio corale - 00:04
Fuga I - 06:54
Fuga II - 10:01
Fuga III (on B-A-C-H) - 11:50
Intermezzo - 16:47
Variazione I - 17:41
Variazione II - 18:50
Variazione III - 19:28
Cadenza - 20:12
Fuga IV - 21:19
Corale - 22:55
Stretta - 23:44
The first ten pages of the introductory "Preludio corale" are nearly identical to the Third Elegy with a few small cuts and alterations, including the removal of all German expression marks or their translation into Italian. In the third fugue, there is a returning melody composed of four notes, which are B♭, A, C, and B♮. These four notes spell Bach in German, where the H is the B♮, and are commonly known as the B-A-C-H motif.
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