Verdi / Liszt / Ferruccio Busoni, 1905: Rigoletto Paraphrase (Welte Vorsetzer, Steinway, 1962)

Ferruccio Busoni, in a recording made in 1905, performs the Rigoletto paraphrase. The music you hear was recorded originally on piano rolls and was reproduced with the assistance of a Welte Vorsetzer in 1962-63 on Steinway Concert Grand No. 261. This recording is from the LP that you see above, one of three discs in a collection entitled “Legendary Masters of the Piano,“ issued by the Book of the Month Club Classics Record Library series in 1963. To read the liner notes, which describe in great detail t