🇮🇹Ferruccio Busoni ： Two Dances Waffentanz Kind.235a Op.30a-1

The first piece in Busoni’s Two Dances is a piano work that combines the rhythmic character of a dance with a sense of tension evoking the movement of weapons. A clear forward-driving beat is reinforced by sharp accents and powerful chordal sonorities, while changes in musical motion and register keep the music moving ahead. The listener should also attend to the shifts that suggest changes of scene. In performance, it is important to keep the rhythm precise without making the accents excessively heavy. Maintaining lightness within the strength, while using the pedal carefully to clarify the individual voices and finer movements, brings out the work’s vitality.