Francesco Piemontesi
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Liszt: Années de pélerinage; Première année - Suisse & Légende 2
RecommendedFrancesco Piemontesi (piano)
Piemontesi’s pianism can hold its own alongside anyone’s in terms of absolute technical facility. He also has a special affinity with the lyrical directness in Liszt’s idiom…You can’t really... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th June 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Piemontesi’s instinctive good taste means he never indulges in histrionics, and operates on the principle that understatement can carry more emotional power than its converse. This performance... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Instrumental Choice
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It’s been worth the wait. Each piece reflects absolute clarity of intention, even in the case of the longest and most episodic one, ‘Ricordanza’...The Sonata in B minor gets a noble reading... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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It's not just intelligent programme planning...that makes Piemontesi stand out; this is seriously classy pianism. Clarity of thought is complemented by clarity of touch, incisive intellect by... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Newcomer of the Year
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Both [originals and transcriptions] are played, tantalisingly, with a keen sense of place and time – the Bach affectionately and glowingly, but with a modern stylistic sensitivity, the Busoni... — More…
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2013
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello) & Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello) & Gabriela Montero (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano),...
The festival has class written all over it and exudes more joy - and humour - than any comparable event known to me. Argerich herself leads off here, in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto, displaying... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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On the CD, Piemontesi shows the same qualities of sensitivity and intelligence that come across in the film. But he does have a tendency to apply a coating of passion and exultation to almost... — More…
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This uncommonly well-planned and well-recorded recital may have arisen from a competition winner (of the 2005
Deutscher Musikwettbewerb) wishing to display the range of his abilities, but it... — More…CD
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Bach Famous Pieces
Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Arthur Klaassens, Inon Barnatan (piano), Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Julia Fischer (violin), Francesco Corti (director), Bejun Mehta, Alon Sariel, Ana de la Vega (flute), Ramón Ortega Quero (oboe), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Cyrus Allyar (trumpet), Johannes Berger...
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