9.25x12.25 inches.
Alongside the ?Chaconne? for violin, the ten ?Chorale Preludes? for organ are Busoni's best-known piano transcriptions of works by J. S. Bach. Unlike the ?Chaconne,? which Busoni envisaged for concert performance, he transcribed the ?Chorale Preludes? in ?chamber-music style.? A great deal of this organ/piano edition can also be played by advanced amateurs. Henle is publishing Busoni's definitive version in the first modern Urtext edition with valuable fingering suggestions by Marc-André Hamelin. And what is more, in the appendix they are publishing an eleventh chorale prelude for the first time: Busoni's transcription of ?Aus tiefer Not.? With regard to performing its six-part setting, the composer himself spoke of an ?extreme performance limit? ? but why not judge for yourself!
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