J.S. Bach (trans. Busoni):
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532

Ferruccio Busoni:
Variations and Fugue in free form (after Chopin's Prelude in C minor), BV 213
Sonatina prima, BV 257
Sonatina seconda, BV 259
Fantasia contrappuntistica, for two pianos, BV 256b

Peter Donohoe’s first album devoted to Busoni was enthusiastically received by the critics, and nominated for a BBC Music Magazine award. This second volume offers playing and musicality of the same high standards. His programme opens with two of Busoni’s finest Bach transcriptions, widely seen as a pinnacle of the repertoire for pianistic virtuosity, and much more widely played than Busoni’s own compositions. This is followed by the Variations on Chopin’s Prelude in C minor – a work in which Busoni demonstrates his innate skill of reinterpretation, and his mastery of counterpoint, and a piece he reworked several times. The following works are ‘all Busoni’ – the first and second sonatinas, and the Fantasia contrappuntistica, in the composer’s later adaptation for two pianos. The first Steinway Artist of Indian origin, Karl Lutchmayer is equally renowned as a concert pianist, a lecturer, and a broadcaster. He joins Peter Donohoe in the Fantasia, and also performs the Second Sonatina.