🇮🇹Ferruccio Busoni ： Ballet Scene No.2 Kind.209 Op.20

Busoni’s Ballet Scene No. 2 is a character piece that invites the listener to imagine movement onstage, balancing lively momentum with contrasts created by shifts in atmosphere. Within a continuous flow, sections of differing character emerge, with rhythmic drive alternating with singing melodic lines. Its appeal lies in the changes of expression that appear amid the light-footed motion and in the way phrases pass naturally into the next scene. In performance, it is important to preserve the spring of the beat without making the sound too heavy. Carefully graded dynamics, with the melody brought forward from the inner voices and accompaniment, help convey both the dance-like character and its delicate nuances.