Bach-Busoni - Piano Transcriptions of Bach's Works - Recordings

Recordings: Until 1950 | 1951-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000 | From 2001

Recordings - 1951-1960

24	Bach: Fantasia, Toccata, Chaconne [K-1]
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, transcribed for piano []
Reine Gianoli (Piano)
Westminster WL 5101 / Nixa		Early 1950's ?	LP / TT:

25	J.S. Bach: Complete Piano Works - Album XIX: Art of the Fugue [K-19]
F. Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica (I), for piano ("Edizione definitiva"), KiV 256 []
Gunnar Johansen (Piano)
Artist Direct		Early 1950's	2-LP / TT:
Recorded at Gunnar Johansen's house, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, USA.

26	J.S. Bach: Complete Piano Works - Album XX: Busoni Trancriptions [K-20]
Bach-Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in E minor, BWV 533, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552 ("St. Anne"), transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV 582, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Toccata in C major, BWV 564, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Toccata in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude In dir ist Freude, BWV 615, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf, BWV 617, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Komm, Gott, Schöpfer!, BWV 631, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verdebt, BWV 637, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verdebt, BWV 705, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, BWV 734, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, transcribed for piano []
Gunnar Johansen (Piano)
Artist Direct		Early 1950's	2-LP / TT:
Recorded at Gunnar Johansen's house, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, USA.

27	F. Bach: Complete Piano Works - Album V: Noel, ChoralVor, Walzer etc. [T-5]
F. Busoni: Fantasia nach J. S. Bach, for piano, KiV 253 [] F. Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica (II), for piano ("Edizione minore"), KiV 256a []
Gunnar Johansen (Piano)
Artist Direct		Early 1950's	LP / TT:
Recorded at Gunnar Johansen's house, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, USA.

28	Bach Transcriptions by Busoni, Liszt and Sandor [T-1] [T-2]
Bach-Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV 532, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564, transcribed for piano []
György Sándor (Piano)
Columbia ML-4684 / ML-4688		Jul 11, 1952	LP / TT:

29	Brailowsky Plays Virtuoso Showpieces [T-1]
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, transcribed for piano [14:16]
Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
RCA		Apr 2, 1953	CD / TT:
Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

30	Hommage: A Tribute to Clara Haskil and Dinu Lipatti [K-3] The Clara Haskil Legacy, Vol. III [K-3]
Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (I), BWV 599, transcribed for piano [3:49]
Clara Haskil (Piano)
Tahra 366/7 - 368		Apr 11, 1953	2-CD / TT: 130:00 CD / TT:
Recorded at Ludwigsburger Schloss (Ordensaal). Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.de

31	Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica [T-3]
F. Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica (I), for piano ("Edizione definitiva"), KiV 256 []
Alfred Brendel (Piano)
SPA 56		1953	LP / TT:

32	Bach: Chorale "Wachet auf"; Chaconne in D minor (Transcribed Busoni); etc. [K-1]
Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, transcribed for piano []
Agnelle Bundervoët (Piano)
Ducretet-Thomson 93051		1954	LP / TT:

33	Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli: Live in Warsaw 1955 [T-2] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli in Warsaw
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, transcribed for piano [13:22]
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (Piano)
Altara / Melodram / Polskie Nagrania		Mar 13, 1955	CD / TT: 59:55
Recorded in Warsaw, Poland Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Hungaroton] \| Amazon.com [Altara]

34	Yvonne Lefébure Plays Bach Les Rarissimes de Yvonne Lefébure: Bach / Beethoven / Mozart [K-2]
Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, transcribed for piano []
Yvonne Lefébure (Piano)
HMV FBLP 1079 EMI Classics		Sep 14, 1955	LP / TT: 2-CD / TT:
Recorded in Paris, France. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

35	Bach par Samson François [T-1]
Bach-Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564, transcribed for piano [15:17] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, BWV 734, transcribed for piano []
Samson François (Piano)
Columbia FC 1044		1955	10" LP / TT:

36	Grigory Ginzburg - Live Recordings. Vol. III. CD 1: J.S. Bach [T-2]
Bach-Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV 532, transcribed for piano [12:46] Bach-Busoni: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transbsibed for piano [9:38] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, transcribed for piano [3:38] Bach-Busoni: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, transcribed for piano [14:53]
Grigory Ginzburg (Piano)
Vox Aeterna		Dec 23, 1957	CD / TT: 46:06
Recorded live at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire, Russia. From Ginzburg's private archives. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

37	1^st International Tchaikovsky Competition [T-1]
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, transcribed for piano []
Nadya Gedda-Nova (Piano)
Melodiya (CCCP)		Mar-Apr 1958 ?	10" LP / TT:

38	Debut: John Browning [K-1]
Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude In dir ist Freude, BWV 615, transcribed for piano [2:25] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, transcribed for piano [5:03]
John Browning (Piano)
EMI Classics		Jul 28, 1958	CD / TT: 70:13
Recorded at Studio A, Capitol 46^th Street Studios, New York City, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

39	Busoni and His Circle Vol. 1 [T-1]
Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, BWV 734, transcribed for piano [1:32]
Etelka Freund (Piano)
Pearl		1958	CD / TT:
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40	The Art Of Egon Petri - Concert Performances And Broadcasts, 1954-1962 [K-7]
1. F. Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica (I), for piano ("Edizione definitiva"), KiV 256 [25:07] 5. Bach-Busoni: Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in E flat major, BWV 998, arrangement [7:43]
Egon Petri (Piano)
Music & Arts		Nov 29, 1959 [1]; 1958 [5]	4-CD / TT: 293:29
Recorded at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, California, USA [1]. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

41	Bach-Busoni Transcriptions [K-8]
Bach-Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV 532, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in E flat major ("St. Anne"), BWV 552, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano []
Egon Petri (Piano)
Westminster W-9348		1958-1959 ?	LP / TT:

42	A Recital of Concert Encores (1) [K-1]
Bach-Busoni: 6 Chorale Preludes, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, transcribed for piano [] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, BWV 734, transcribed for piano []
Sergio Fiorentino (Piano)
Concert Artist/Fidelio 9170		Jun 24, 1960	CD / TT:
Recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, England.

43	Mindru Katz Plays Johann Sebastian Bach [K-1]
Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, transcribed for piano [5:14]
Mindru Katz (Piano)
Cembal d'amour (from EMI)		Late 1950's	CD / TT: 79:24
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (March 2007 - July 2007)
Thanks to contributors: Frédéric Gaussin (July 2007), Teddy Kaufman (April-June 2007), Teri Noel Towe (April 2007)

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