A New Recording of a Notorious Piano Concerto.
Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new recording of Ferruccio Busoni's (fe-ROOCH-ee-oh boo-SONY) piano concerto, performed by Garrick Ohlsson accompanied by the Cleveland Orchestra. Lloyd says the concerto is one of the most ambitious works ever composed, and this new recording should revive interest in it.
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