Latest News: Classical, Liszt (composer)
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Recording of the Week,
Igor Levit's Tristan 16th September 2022Hans Werner Henze's brilliant, baffling set of ‘Preludes for piano, electronic tapes and orchestra’ sits at the heart of this Wagner-inspired recital, which also includes music by Liszt and Mahler via Ronald Stevenson.
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Recording of the Week,
Liszt from Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch 17th September 2021The long-term Lieder partners are absolutely in their element on a recital which delivers both drama and delicacy in spades.
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Interview,
Charles Owen on Liszt and lockdown 15th September 2021The British pianist discusses his new recording of Suisse from Années de Pèlerinage (out this Friday on Avie Records), his role as a Steinway ambassador, and how his relationship with the 'three pianos in his life' shifted in lockdown.
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Recording of the Week,
Marc-André Hamelin plays Liszt and Thalberg 28th August 2020The Canadian pianist is on jaw-dropping form in a programme inspired by the 1837 'duel' between the two composer-virtuosos, which also includes the mighty collaborative Hexaméron - a set of variations on Bellini by composers including Chopin, Czerny and Pixis.
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Recording of the Week,
Liszt’s Dante Symphony plus a world-premiere recording from Kirill Karabits 24th January 2020Kirill Karabits conducts the Staatskapelle Weimar in orchestral works by Liszt, including the world-premiere recording of the Künstlerfestzug zur Schillerfeier.
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Recording of the Week,
Kirill Karabits conducts the world premiere of Liszt's Sardanapalo 8th February 2019Reconstructed by the musicologist David Trippett, the single completed act of Liszt's abandoned opera on a subject by Byron reveals what the composer's son-in-law Wagner described as 'the claw of a lion'.
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Interview,
David Trippett on Liszt's Sardanapalo 8th February 2019The musicologist and driving-force behind today's Recording of the Week talks to Katherine about the mysterious genesis of Liszt's uncompleted opera, and the process of reconstructing the manuscript for performance.
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Interview,
Boris Giltburg on Liszt 16th January 2019David talks to the Russian-born Israeli pianist about his recording of the Études d'exécution transcendante, released last Friday on Naxos.
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Interview,
Francesco Piemontesi on Liszt 20th June 2018The pianist talks to David about the first instalment of Années de pélerinage, which was our Recording of the Week a fortnight ago.
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Recording of the Week,
Francesco Piemontesi performs piano music by Franz Liszt 8th June 2018James listens to a turbulent account of the Première année in Liszt's piano cycle Années de pèlerinage from Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi.
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Interview,
Sophie Pacini on Beethoven & Liszt 18th October 2016Katherine talks to the German-Italian pianist about her debut disc on Warner Classics.
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Recording of the Week,
Daniil Trifonov performs Liszt's complete Concert Etudes 7th October 2016Katherine listens to the Russian pianist's jaw-dropping account of Liszt's supremely challenging Etudes.