RH-007 | 6CD | PIETRO SCARPINI - Busoni & Liszt

CD1 | 70:04
Busoni
Piano Concerto in C major, Op.39, BV 247 (1904)
SO und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Rafael Kubelik
live in studio | Herkulessaal BR, Munich | 24-25.IX.1966

CD2 | 55:04
Busoni
- Romanza e Scherzoso, piano and orchestra, Op.54, BV 290 (1921)
RAI Torino | Claudio Abbado | 20.III.1964 -stereo-
- Sonatina No.2, BV 259 (1912) “Sonatina Seconda”      
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”
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)
studio | RAI Roma | c.1955
 
CD3 | 64:57
Busoni
- Indian Fantasy / Indianische Fantasie, Op.44, BV 264 (1914)
ORTF | Piero Bellugi | Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris | 10.I.1968 -stereo-
- 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)
studio | RAI Napoli | 22.IV.1964
Transcription by Busoni from 3 works attrib. 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
studio | RAI Napoli | 16.XII.1964
 
CD4 | 62:24
Busoni
- Fantasia contrappuntistica, for 2 pianos, BV 256b (4th version, 1921)
home studio | 31.VI.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)
home studio | c.1974
- Albumblatt No.2 (Andante), BV 289/2 (1921) 
home studio | c.1975 -stereo-
(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)
RAI Torino | Claudio Abbado | 20.III.1964 -stereo-
- 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
studio | RAI Roma | 20.V.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)
studio | Roma | c.1938 | ℗1938 private 78rpm disc | restoring: 2018
 
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
home studio | c.1975/76
(private tapes from undated recording sessions in Roma, Firenze and St.Moritz)