Ferruccio Busoni - Kleine Suite, Op.23, BV 215

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Intro : [0:00]
I. Moderato ma energico [0:05]
II. Andantino, con grazia [3:02]
III. Altes Tanzliedchen. Mässig, doch frisch [7:28]
IV. Sostenuto ed espressivo [9:47]
V. Moderato ma con brio [14:27]
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Cello : Dorothy Lawson
Piano : Steven Blier
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Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary figures of his time, and he was a sought-after keyboard instructor and a teacher of composition. From an early age, Busoni was an outstanding if sometimes controversial pianist. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory and then with Wilhelm Mayer and Carl Reinecke. After brief periods teaching in Helsinki, Boston, and Moscow, he devoted himself to composing, teaching, and touring as a virtuoso pianist in Europe and the United States. His writings on music were influential, and covered not only aesthetics but considerations of microtones and other innovative topics. He was based in Berlin from 1894 but spent much of World War I in Switzerland.

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It's so nice to listen to it while drinking coffee at a cafe