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Possibly because I've been immersed listening to three different Philip Glass Music in Twelve Parts recordings, I now find myself overly attracted to the keyboard music of Ferruccio Busoni. I've had Busoni tendencies before but it's back with a vengeance.

First it's a Naxos album by Wolf Harden:

BUSONI: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - ...

Then, The Busoni Two Piano Programme with Daniell Revenaugh and Lawrence Leighton Smith: The Busoni Two Piano Programme...

And tonight, it's Revolution for Cembalo by Sumina Arihash, including harpsichord music by Busoni, Ravel and numerous other composers: Revolution for Cembalo - Sumin...

So, there's something mechanically satisfying about Music in Twelve Parts that has me seeking out similar music, to the extent there is anything even remotely similar. The next logical step might be Ligeti's Continuum für Cembalo (albeit on barrel organ) as well as his Poème Symphonique for 100 Metronomes, possibly the ultimate mechanism piece: Ligeti: Works for Barrel-Organ...

Or else I need some in-patient acoustical therapy...

Comments

[Alex V. Cook]

wow... I've heard 100 metronomes before and the Ligeti's choral/symphonic work but never this end of his music. Thanks for bringing this up

[Lisa Hirsch]

I'll be there too - up in the second tier where I can flee if the piece turns out to be a violation of the Geneva Conventions.

[south florida wedding band]

i love classical music. i wish I heard him 'Ferruccio Busoni' playing Dynamophone.