🇮🇹Ferruccio Busoni ： Finnish Ballad Op.33b-5

Busoni’s Finnish Ballad is a compact work distinguished by its treatment of singing melodies, richly shaded harmony, and the piano’s full sonority. The melody emerges as if telling a story, while changes in the accompaniment and register create shifts between tension and repose. It is important to distinguish the character of each section carefully while shaping the piece as a unified progression. The melody should be given ample breadth, with inner voices and bass kept from becoming too heavy. Attention to tone color, as well as volume, in dynamic changes helps convey the work’s poetic quality and dramatic range.