RH-007 | 6CD | PIETRO SCARPINI ① | BUSONI & LISZT

CD1 | 70:04
BUSONI
• Piano Concerto in C major, Op.39, BV 247 (1904)
SO und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Rafael Kubelik
recorded: studio | Herkulessaal BR, Munich | 24-25.XI.1966
 
CD2 | 55:04
BUSONI
• Romanza e Scherzoso, for piano and orchestra, Op.54, BV 290 (1921)
OS RAI Torino | Claudio Abbado
recorded: live | Auditorium RAI, Torino | 20.III.1964
• Sonatina No.2, BV 259 (1912) “Sonatina Seconda”
recorded: studio | NDR Hamburg | 29.IV.1957
• Sonatina No.3, BV 268 (1915) “Ad usum infantis Madeline M.* Americanae”
• Sonatina No.4, BV 274 (1917) “In diem nativitatis Christi MCMXVII”
recorded: live | Sala bianca, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze | 4.II.1959
• Sonatina No.5, BV 280 (1918) “Brevis, in Signo Joannis Sebastiani Magni”
• Sonatina No.6, BV 284 (1920) “Fantasia da Camera super Carmen”
• Toccata: Preludio – Fantasia – Ciaccona, BV 287 (1921)
recorded: studio | RAI Roma | c.1955
 
CD3 | 64:57
BUSONI
• Indian Fantasy / "Indianische Fantasie", Op.44, BV 264 (1914)
Orchestre National de l’O.R.T.F. | Piero Bellugi
recorded: live | Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris | 10.I.1968
• Indian Diary / "Indianisches Tagebuch" - Book I, BV 267 (1915)
• Albumblatt No.3 BV 289/3 (1921)
• Elegie No.6 “Erscheinung” BV 249/6 (1907)
• Elegie No.5 “Die Nächtlichen” BV 249/5 (1907)
• Elegie No.2 “All’Italia!” BV 249/2 (1907)
recorded: studio | RAI Napoli | 22.IV.1964 | broadcast
Transcription from 3 works attributed to J.S. BACH, BV B 42 (1917):
• Fantasia in D minor, BWV 905
• Andante in G minor, BWV 969
• Scherzo in D minor, BWV 844
recorded: studio | RAI Napoli | 16.XII.1964

CD4 | 62:24
BUSONI
• Fantasia contrappuntistica, for 2 pianos, BV 256b (4th version, 1921) *
recorded: Scarpini home studio | 31 July 1974
• Improvisation on Bach’s Choral “Wie wohl ist mir”, for 2 pianos, BV 271 (1916) *
recorded: Scarpini home studio | c.1974
• Toccata [Preludio – Fantasia – Ciaccona], BV 287 (1921)
recorded: Scarpini home studio | c.1974
• Albumblatt No.2 (Andante), BV 289/2 (1921)
recorded: Scarpini home studio | c.1975
(private tapes from undated recording sessions in Roma, Firenze and St.Moritz)
* Piano I & Piano II parts, overdubbing by Scarpini himself

CD5 | 44:44
LISZT
• Malédiction for piano and strings (in E minor), S.121 (1833)
OS RAI Torino | Claudio Abbado
recorded: live | Auditorium RAI, Torino | 20.III.1964
• Consolation No.1 (Andante con moto) in E major, S.172/1 (1849/50)
• "Sancta Dorothea", in E major, S.187 (1877)
• Klavierstücke [5], S.192 (1865/76): Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4
• "Trübe Wolken – Nuages gris", S.199 (1881)
• "Die Trauergondel" – La lugubre gondola II, S.200/2 (1885)
• "En rêve" – Nocturne, S.207 (1885)
• Ungarische Volkslieder [5], S.245 (1873): Nos. 1, 2, 4
recorded: studio | RAI Roma | 20 May 1960
Concert transcription by BUSONI from Liszt’s “Grandes études de Paganini”, S.141:
• Etude No.2 in E-flat major, “Andantino capriccioso”, BV B 70 (1916)
recorded: studio | Roma | c.1938 | private 78rpm disc ℗1938

CD6 | 60:57
LISZT
• Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173: No.5 "Pater Noster" (1847)
• Ave Maria "Die Glocken von Rom", in E major, S.182 (1862)
• "Weihnachtsbaum" S.186 (1874/76): Nos. 1, 3, 4, 9
• "In festo transfigurationis Domini nostri Jesu Christi", S.188 (1880)
• "Zweite Elegie" – Elegy No.2 , S.197 (1877)
• "Die Trauergondel" – La lugubre gondola I, S.200/1 (1882/83)
• "R.W. – Venezia", S.201 (1883)
• "Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort", S.203 (1883)
• "Recueillement" – Vincenzo Bellini in memoriam, S.204 (1877)
• "Unstern! – Sinistre" (Disastro), S.208 (1881)
• Album Leaf – "Prelude funèbre"
recorded: Scarpini home studio | c.1975/76
(private tapes from undated recording sessions in Roma, Firenze and St.Moritz)