Bach, Johann Sebastian - Bach-Busoni Toccata in D Minor BWV 565 *Itchy Fingers the Siciliano in C-sharp minor

the Siciliano in C-sharp minor

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Bach, Johann Sebastian - Bach-Busoni Toccata in D Minor BWV 565 *Itchy Fingers the Siciliano in C-sharp minorWho isnt familiar with Johann Sebastian Bachs Chaconne, the final movement in his Partita in d minor for Violin solo? Time and again composers have been inspired to make this exceptional piece accessible for other instruments. Perhaps the best known arrangement is by Ferruccio Busoni. Without distancing himself too greatly from Bachs original, he endeavours to transpose the virtuosity of the string writing onto the piano. Thus Busoni wrote for the