Bach Busoni Toccata and Fugue in D minor (piano solo version)

The Tausig transcription of Bach s Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) is well known and sometimes still performed, but the Busoni version over time has proved more popular. According to Hugo Leichtentritt, Busoni s building of the climaxes is more monumental, in simple lines, more thoughtful and much more effective than Tausig s somewhat arbitrary rise and Moreover, Busoni carefully avoids arpeggios, a technique used on piano, but not on organ. As the composer and musicologist Larry Sitsky sa