Busch: Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 31 & Other Piano Works

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Label
CPO
Release Date
April 4, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Adolf Busch
    • PERFORMER
      Florence Millet, Vogtland Philharmonie
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 04, 2025
    • UPC
      0761203557424
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555574-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Ensemble: Vogtland Philharmonic Orchestra Greiz Reichenbach

      Performer: Florence Millet

      Conductor: David Marlow

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Ensemble: Vogtland Philharmonic Orchestra Greiz Reichenbach

      Performer: Florence Millet

      Conductor: David Marlow

    3. III. Allegro moderato e giocoso

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Ensemble: Vogtland Philharmonic Orchestra Greiz Reichenbach

      Performer: Florence Millet

      Conductor: David Marlow

    4. Agitato, BoO30

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Performer: Florence Millet

    5. 4 Intermezzos: Intermezzo in A Minor, BoO 102

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Performer: Florence Millet

    6. Theme and Variations in B-Flat Major, Op. 63: Variations

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Performer: Anonymous, Florence Millet

    7. I. Song without Words

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Performer: Florence Millet

    8. III. Album Leaf

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Performer: Florence Millet

    9. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Performer: Florence Millet

    10. Small Canonical Scherzo in the Old Style

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Performer: Florence Millet

    11. Andante affettuoso, BoO 36

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Performer: Florence Millet

    12. Allegro vehemente, BoO 32

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Performer: Florence Millet

    13. Andante espressivo, BoO 37

      Composer: Adolf Busch

      Performer: Florence Millet


Usually, the music world commemorates the important birthdays or anniversaries of the deaths of it's celebrities. It is extremely rare for a work itself to be honoured with an anniversary celebration and presented accordingly. The present recording is one of these exceptions, because the featured work was first heard exactly one hundred years ago. On 19 December 1924, Fritz Busch conducted the premiere of his Piano Concerto Op. 31 at the Semperoper in Dresden, which had just been completed by his brother Adolf, the celebrated violinist and devoted composer. The soloist at the premiere was Rudolf Serkin, for whom his future father-in-law had written the work. At the time, critics praised the 'serious, well-constructed, melodious and at the same time rewarding composition', that now - garnished by a series of solo piano pieces - invites you to celebrate it's anniversary.