Recommended in the 2008 Gramophone Guide and the 2008 Penguin Guide Busoni: Violin Concerto; Orchestral Works. Parikian, Horenstein. Contents: ^ Busoni: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35a (1897) BV 243* ^ Busoni: Turandot Suite Op. 41 (1905, 1917) BV 248 (excerpts): IV. "Turandot" Marsch. VI. Tanz und Gesang. VIII. "Altoums Warnung" e "Finale alla Turca" aus der Musik zum fünften Akt. ^ Busoni: Nocturne Symphonique Op. 43 (1913) BV 262 Performers: Manoug Parikian*, violin; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor Recording date and location: 1973? or October 1966, Busoni Festival? Label: Rococo RR 2036 (LP, limited availability) Busoni: Violin Concerto; Violin Sonata. Szigeti, Scherman, Horszowski. Contents: ^ Busoni: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35a (1897) BV 243 Performers: Joseph Szigeti, violin; The Little Orchestra; Thomas Scherman, conductor Recording date and location: 22 December 1954 ^ Busoni: Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 36a (1900) BV 244 Performers: Joseph Szigeti, violin; Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano Recording date and location: 20, 21 & 26 February & 9 March 1956 Label: Sony SK 94497 (AllMusic prod. page. Retrieved 30 July 2014.) Piano concerto Busoni: Piano Concerto. Volker Banfield. CPO 999 017-2 Recorded at Bavarian Radio, 1986; issued 1988. Reviewed favorably by Michael Oliver in Gramophone, July, 1989.. Retrieved 20 June 2009. This performance was awarded a Diapason d'Or. ^ Concerto for Piano & Orchestra (with Male Chorus), Op. 39 (1904) BV 247 Volker Banfield, piano Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Lutz Herbig, conductor Busoni: Piano Concerto. Peter Donohoe. EMI CDC 7 49996 2 Recorded live at a BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 5 August 1988. Reviewed by John Rockwell in The New York Times, 22 December 1991. Retrieved 7 November 2009. Selects the Donohoe recording as his first choice among the seven performances available at the time the review was written. Ogdon was his second choice. Also reviews the recordings by Ohlsson, Battel, Lively, Thiollier, and Postnikova. Reviewed by Michael Oliver in Gramophone, January 1991, p. 1371. Retrieved 7 November 2009. Prefers Donohoe's recording to those by Banfield, Ohlsson, and Ogdon, although he thinks all are worthwhile. "Busoni's Piano Concerto is renowned for being the longest in the repertory but it hasn't struck me so forcibly before that it's not a minute longer than it needs to be. Its ideas are big—try timing any of its principal themes—and in this reading one is continually surprised, looking at a