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Glorious musical findings !

Hiram Gomez Pardo | Valencia, Venezuela | 12/21/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The universal genius of Ferrucio Busoni also were made of his forgotten and unfair neglected strings quartets .

Two works composed in an interval of three years.

The Op. 19 is a genuine neo classic work inspired in his illustrious predecessors Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn . And certainly you can feel certain reminiscences of a late romanticism closed to Bruckner echoes , the work maintains a stylistic unity and solidity .

The second quartet Op. 26 is a work much more independent of links with the past . And since the Brahmsian sounds can be felt for the most exigent and careful listener , Busoni is trying to inscribe this work in a neo impressionism flow and he gets it .

Acquire these interesting works of a colossal musician , much better known as renowned transcriber of organ works ` Bach and his works for piano and Opera works .

I have always thought if you go to the chamber music of the composers - Brahms for instance - you will always find new facets of his personality that may well help us to understand the man behind the score.

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