Liszt Transfigured: Operatic Fantasies for Piano

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Wong skilfully balances fire, flair and levity, and has a knack for nudging the melodies gently round their corners. In the Lisztian spirit, he even adds a few ideas of his own. — The Guardian, 23rd March 2017, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 24th Feb 2017
Catalogue No: CKD561
Label: Linn
Length: 69 minutes

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Liszt: Grande fantaisie sur des thèmes de l'opéra Niobe de Pacini: Divertissement sur la cavatine I tuoi frequenti palpiti, S. 419

Work length12:23

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Chiyan Wong

Liszt: Réminiscences de La juive: Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l'opéra de Halévy, S. 409a

Work length15:20

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Chiyan Wong

Liszt: Réminiscences de "Don Juan" de Mozart: Grande fantaisie, S. 418

Work length19:26

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Chiyan Wong

Liszt: Fantasie über Themen aus Mozarts Figaro und Don Giovanni, S. 697

Work length22:24

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Chiyan Wong

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The hugely talented pianist makes his recording debut with the phenomenally difficult Liszt transcriptions of well-known opera melodies.

A broad and thoughtful musician, Chiyan Wong’s special interest in the music of Franz Liszt, has led to him perfecting his own editions of these popular operatic fantasies.

Following Liszt’s own advice regarding transcriptions, Wong concentrates on communicating the spirit and intention of the music whilst applying his own personal touches.

A decade of performing Réminiscences de ‘Don Juan’ de Mozart has created a most effective version, whilst Wong adds a new coda to Fantasie über Themen aus Mozarts Figaro und Don Giovanni in a fitting tribute to Liszt’s pupil Carl Tausig.

Wong has performed Liszt around the world: in Hong Kong as part of the composer’s bicentenary celebrations, in London at his Wigmore Hall debut, and in concert for the Liszt Society in Europe.

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23rd March 2017

Wong skilfully balances fire, flair and levity, and has a knack for nudging the melodies gently round their corners. In the Lisztian spirit, he even adds a few ideas of his own.

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