034571177601

Liszt: Piano Sonata

Marc-Andre Hamelin

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67760

Release Date:  01 April 2011

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571177601

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    This year, April is Hamelin month at Hyperion; not content with giving us another blockbuster addition to the Romantic Piano Concerto series, the pianist gives us his contribution to the Liszt bicentenary.
    The Liszt Sonata is undoubtedly one of the peaks of the repertoire, and recordings are suitably copious, but when an artist of Hamelin’s virtuoso pedigree wishes to tackle it no excuse need be made for an additional version. The recital opens with a lesser-known masterwork, the Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H, and for light relief there is Liszt’s scintillating supplement to his Italian Annee de Pèlerinage, the three pieces of Venezia e Napoli, but perhaps the emotional core of the recital is Liszt’s intensely spiritual Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude.
    This is a major Liszt recital from one of today’s most admired recording artists.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Fantasie Und Fuge Ãœber Das Thema B-A-C-H, S529II
      • 2. Bénédiction De Dieu Dans La Solitude
      • 3. Gondoliera
      • 4. Canzone
      • 5. Tarantella
      • 6. Lento Assai
      • 7. Andante Sostenuto
      • 8. Allegro Energico
      • 9. Allegro Energico - Piu Mosso
      • 10. Andante Sostenuto