Busoni piano concerto discography (original) (raw)
The list is cronological with respect to date of recording. I welcome any additions or corrections.
Many thanks to Frazer Jarvis for suggesting additions and corrections to an earlier version of this discography
Year
Date
Pianist
Cover
Label
Reference
Comments
2017
10-11 March
Kirill Gerstein
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Men of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Sakari Okamo, conductor
Myrios
MYR024
Live recording, Boston
2009
20 March
Karl-Andreas Kolly
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Herren des Konzertchors der ZHdK
Marc Kissóczy, conductor
ZHdK Records
21/10
Live recording, Winterthur
2009
8-9 March
Roberto Cappello
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Corale Luca Marenzio
Francesco La Vecchia, conductor
Naxos
8.572523
2008
17 January
Pietro Massa
Neubrandenburger Philharmonie und Chor
Ernst Senff Chor Berlin
Stefan Malzew, conductor
Genuin
GEN 88122
Live recording, Neubrandenburg
2005
28 June
Robert Leonardy
Saarländisches Staatsorchester Saarbrücken
Leonid Grin, conductor
LEICO-music
LEICO-9353
Live recording, Saarbrücken
Busoni's version with four movements
and without choir.
2003
26-29 March
Ernest Hall
Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
Halifax Choral Society
John Longstaff, conductor
n/a
n/a
Live recording, Sheffield
2003
25 January
Marc-André Hamelin
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Men of Dallas Symphony Chorus
Andrew Litton, conductor
Dallas Symphony
DSCCD 66
Live recording, Dallas, Texas
2002
30 October
Massimiliano Damerini
Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice
Coro maschile e Orchestra di Ferruccio Busoni
Jonathan Webb, conductor
MP3 album
n/a
Live recording, Genova
2001
31 March
Marc-André Hamelin
Lathi Symphony Orchestra
YL Male Voice choir
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
n/a
Live recording, Lahti (Finland)
Hyperion DVDA68000 includes the
4. movement of this performance.
1999
20, 21 June
Marc-André Hamelin
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Men's voices of The City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Mark Elder, conductor
Hyperion
CDA67143
1990
May
François-Joël Thiollier
Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœur de Nice
Chœur de l'Opera de Nice
Michael Schønwandt, conductor
Kontrapunkt
32057
1990
8-13 February
David Lively
Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden
Herrenchor des Freiburger Vokalensembles
Michael Gielen, conductor
Koch International
CD 311 160 H1
1989
September
Giovanni Battel
Warmia National Orchestra
Coro Accademico di Olsztyn
Silvano Frontalini, conductor
Bongiovanni
GB5509/10-2
1989
February
Viktoria Postnikova
Orchestre National de France
Chœur de Radio France
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
Erato
2292-45478-2
Extremely broad tempi are applied -
at 89:25 this recording is 21 minutes
slower than Johansen's.
1989
4 February
Garrick Ohlsson
The Cleveland Orchestra and Men's Chorus
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Telarc
CD-80207
1988
5 August
Peter Donohoe
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Men's voices of the BBC Singers
Mark Elder, conductor
EMI
CDC 7 49996 2
Live recording, London
"The event marks for me one of the most
satisfying concerts of my professional life."
(Peter Donohoe)
"As electrifying as you're ever likely to hear "
(Gramophone, April 1992)
1986
October
Volker Banfield
Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Lutz Herbig, conductor
CPO
999 017-2
1985
28 February
Boris Bloch
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Singkreis der Engardiner Kantorei
Kammerchor Seminar Zürich
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Aperto
Schallplatten
APO 86106 (LP)
Live recording, Zürich
1967
20, 22, 26, 29 June
John Ogdon
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Men's voices of the John Alldis Choir
Daniell Revenaugh, conductor
EMI
CDM 7 69850 2
1966
25 November
Pietro Scarpini
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
First Hand Records
FHR64
Live recording, Munich
1966
2 or 3 May
John Ogdon
London Symphony Orchestra
Men's voices of the John Alldis Choir
Jascha Horenstein, conductor
Unpublished
BBC recording
Live recording
The recording is available for download.
1966
7 February
Pietro Scarpini
The Cleveland Orchestra and Men's Chorus
George Szell, conductor
Unpublished
WQXR recording
Live recording
Broadcast by New York's WQXR on 10 July 1966
Arbiter has indicated a CD release of this
performance.
1956
15, 16 January
Gunnar Johansen
NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Männerchor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, conductor
Music & Arts
CD-1163
Live recording, Hamburg
1948
3, 4 January
Noel Mewton-Wood
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Men's Chorus
Thomas Beecham, conductor
Somm
Beecham Series
SOMMB15
Live recording, London
1936
23 November
Egon Petri
Frankfurt a.M. Radio Orchestra
Hans Rosbaud, conductor
Unpublished
or lost
Live recording
A 22 June 1932 live recording of the
4. movement by the same team is
included on Arbiter 134. Only the 4.
movement was performed at that
event.
Established 26 November 2011. Latest update 9 June 2024.