Fabio Bidini plays Busoni: Variations on a Chopin's Prelude

[Centuries88]

Fantastico! :)

[lukastamenkovic]

Hello! How I can get these faboulous scores ?

THANK YOU

[ji94552]

Bravo, indeed!

[chopinantonio]

i love this master piece

[shubus]

This is a spectacular piece. Why is this so neglected? A magnificent performance in which Bidini displays his fabulous technique.

[carlosr86]

He also played this piece at the 9th Van Cliburn Competition in 1993, where he was a finalist.

[allegrissimo]

This is a phenomenal performance of a neglected brilliant piece of music. Can't wait to hear more repertoire of Busoni's by this excellent pianist. BRAVISSIMO!

[pianopera]

Great piece, and played by a very talented pianist.

"Music was born free; and to win freedom is its destiny." (Busoni)

[ffurgy]

Incredible.

[Edinhovisk]

This pianista is fantastic! Wonderful! Brave! Undisputedly a great artist, one spotless technique, a noise taken off of " deep of the keyboard key " . Although low the quality of the video, if deals with a spotless performance. Congratulations!

[Edinhovisk]

Fantastic !!!!!! This pianista is fantastic! Wonderful! Brave! Undisputedly a great artist, one spotless technique, a noise taken off of " deep of the keyboard key " . Although low the quality of the video, if deals with a spotless performance. Congratulations!

[pompasduris]

Yes, Busoni wrote another set of variations. This opus is called 10 Variations on a Prelude of Chopin, Opus 28 #20 written in 1884. I was fortunate to get a copy before it became out of print.

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

Are you willing to make that score available to other musicians?

[pompasduris]

Yes. How can I send it to you?

[pompasduris]

yes

[Scarbomorris]

I am not sure what version he is playing?, Busoni's Op.22 is the Variations and fuge on a C minor prelude by Chopin. This is not what Fabio is playing. Could it be possible that Busoni wrote another set of variations on the same prelude???. None of the publishers that I have contacted seem to know about it either.

[pompasduris]

The only reason that I could think of that most pianists don't have this in their repertoire could be because it has been out of print. It took me one year after I ordered it for it to be sent to me. I searched every music store and every website that I could find to get a copy and received responses that it was out of print. In 2005 I finally received a copy from Germany (I'm in America).

[voolare]

This is an amazing performance! The Fugato part is just fantastic! I wonder why so few pianists put this piece in their repertoire, and I wonder why this pianist is not recording for DG!

[ric55]

I entirely agree about this performance.I guess it doesn't get done often because of its difficulty (like the Fantasia Contrappuntistica), because there are two separate versions of it, and because people would rather see Grimaud play the Chaconne!