Now that Alfred Brendel has completed his third recorded traversal of Beethoven’s monumental 32 piano sonatas, he seems to feel free to return to some of his other favorite composers. Thus it was that ...

One of the more intriguing releases this year will be The Liszt Legacy, a 10-CD box set that brings together five great piano virtuosos of the past in a staggering display of virtuosity and "old-style ...

Arguably the greatest pianist of his time, the legacy of Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) is perpetuated through his popular piano transcriptions and futuristic musical thinking. Commemorating the ...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) wasn't the only composer to take the music of other composers and transform it into flashy, difficult piano music. Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) did much the same. From a ...

The name Ferruccio Busoni may not leap off the page. He's one of those whose misfortune has been to become consigned to the historical footnotes after being a towering figure in his time. He was born ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The arrival of Igor Levit added a new personality to the top echelon of pianists. Here was a musician motivated ...

The composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) was of mixed Italian-German parentage, but his life and career was spent largely in Berlin. In his lifetime, he was famous throughout Europe and the United ...

Thanks to an incredible series of coincidences, the world has had to wait 152 years to hear the only original work Franz Liszt wrote for two pianos. But judging by the terrific sendoff given Liszt`s ...

Many composers have been inspired by the legend of Dr. Faust, who sells his soul to the devil. From a recital in New York, pianist Cecile Licad plays the "Mephisto Waltz" by Franz Liszt, in an ...

From youngsters playing Chopin in shopping arcades to the strains of Liszt and Brahms thundering through the open windows of the Claudio Monteverdi Conservatoire, Bolzano in northern Italy was alive ...