Who isn't familiar with Johann
Sebastian Bach's Chaconne, the
final movement in his Partita
in D minor for violin solo?
Time and again composers have
been inspired to make this
exceptional piece accessible
for other instruments. Perhaps
the best-known arrangement is
by Ferrucio Busoni. Without
distancing himself too greatly
from Bach's original, he
endeavours to transpose the
virtuosity of the string
writing onto the piano. Thus
Busoni wrote for the piano in
a way that congenially makes
the most of the capabilities
of the modern piano. Our
Urtext edition not only takes
into account the traditional
sources but also meticulously
analyses a piano roll in great
depth on which Busoni himself
can be heard. The fingerings
were provided by none other
than Marc-André Hamelin.
