 | from Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica & other piano music (CDA67677) 1 Chorale Prelude 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr' [8'44] 31 minutes 53 seconds 12 tracks2 Fugue I [3'55] 3 Fugue II [2'12] 4 Fugue III [6'13] 5 Intermezzo [1'10] 6 Variation I [1'25] 7 Variation II [0'52] 8 Variation III [0'58] 9 Cadenza [1'29] 10 Fugue IV [1'44] 11 Chorale [1'01] 12 Stretta [2'10] ‘This daunting and inspired coupling is played by Hamish Milne with an uplifting musical authority. Indeed, aided by Hyperion's superb sound, Milne even surpasses his earlier L'Oiseau Lyre reco ... ‘Milne, who through his studies with Guido Agosti is a 'grand-pupil' of Busoni himself, tackles this repertoire with a full appreciation of the Classicism that lies behing its Romantic surface, and is ... ‘It takes a conductor's vision for the 'whole' to stand back from the work, and I invite those unfamiliar with its more inscrutable corners to immerse themselves in Milne's sincere and entirely intell ... |