Release Date: 01 January 2018
Label: Toccata Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060113444325
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Franz Liszt
Description
Liszt never transcribed his thirteen symphonic poems for solo piano – that task was undertaken by his Czech student August Stradal (1860–1930). Stradal’s versions demand almost superhuman virtuosity, which the Finnish pianist Risto-Matti Marin supplies in spades. As the late Malcolm MacDonald writes in his booklet essay, Stradal’s versions ‘transform these revolutionary orchestral compositions into viable and effective piano works, faithfully preserving their masterly musical substance’. A Fanfare review of Vol. 1 in this series had high praise for Risto-Matti Marin’s pianism: ‘One marvels at the stamina that can keep such a plethora of detail in place with such relentless élan; at his narrative shaping, which can turn up an already withering heat, so to speak, at climactic moments; at his overarching persuasiveness’.
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Timothy Roberts
