Liszt: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

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Release Date: 25th Jul 2011
Catalogue No: 94150
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 56 minutes

Liszt: Elegie No. 1, S. 130 / R. 471b

Work length4:46

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Francesco Dillon, Emanuele Torquati

Liszt: Elegie No. 2, S. 131 / R. 472 (Version for cello and piano)

Work length4:28

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Liszt: Romance oubliée, S. 132 / R. 467c

Work length3:57

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Romance oubliee, S. 132 / R. 467c

Track length3:57

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Liszt: Die Trauergondel (La lugubre gondola), S. 134 / R. 468 [version for cello and piano]

Work length8:10

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Francesco Dillon, Emanuele Torquati

Liszt: Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S. 382 / R. 463 (Version for cello and piano)

Work length6:08

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Francesco Dillon, Emanuele Torquati

Excerpt, Liszt: Consolations, Six Pensées poétiques, S. 172

Work length16:45

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No. 1, Andante con moto - No. 4, Quasi adagio (Arr. J. De Swert for cello and piano)

Track length4:16

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No. 2, Un poco più mosso (Arr. J. De Swert for cello and piano)

Track length2:35

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No. 3, Lento placido (Arr. J. De Swert for cello and piano)

Track length4:15

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No. 5, Andantino (Arr. J. De Swert for cello and piano)

Track length2:36

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No. 6, Allegretto sempre cantabile (Arr. J. De Swert for cello and piano)

Track length3:03

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Liszt: Annees de pelerinage, 3rd year, S. 163 / R. 10, No. 1. Angelus! Priere aux anges gardiens (Angelus. Prayer to the Guardian Angels)

Work length8:01

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Francesco Dillon, Emanuele Torquati

Annees de pelerinage, 3rd year, S. 163 / R. 10: No. 1, Angelus! Priere aux anges gardiens [Angelus. Prayer to the Guardian Angels] [arr. L. Windsperger]

Track length8:01

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Liszt: Liebestraume, S. 541 / R. 211, No. 3. Nocturne in A-Flat Major

Work length4:12

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Liebestraume, S. 541 / R. 211: No. 3, Nocturne in A-Flat Major (Arr. M. Skalmer)

Track length4:12

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Many of Liszt’s works were transcribed for other instruments; both by the composer himself and other musicians. These hauntingly beautiful pieces for cello and piano were originally written for piano solo or the voice. They are from the final period of his life and are the product of his old age and his quest for spirituality. Far from the virtuoso brilliance of his earlier works, their intense and romantic melodies express melancholy and desolation, the sparse textures and harmonic instability daringly looking forward to the twentieth century.

The rich and warm expressive qualities of the cello undoubtedly make these pieces even more effective. The most significant work in this collection is La lugubre gondola, a compelling piece written after Liszt had a premonition of Wagner’s death. It was inspired by the Venetian gondola funeral processions he observed during a visit to the city to see Wagner. The music conveys the stillness of a Venetian lagoon, the unsettling harmonies also evoking the underlying darkness and despair. Another work with a very personal connection is the nostalgic Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, a transcription of one of his songs. Nonnenwerth was an island in the Rhine where Liszt spent time with Marie d’Agoult and their children, and his fondness for the work resulted in many different versions for solo piano, voice and piano duet as well as this version for cello and piano. There are also transcriptions for cello and piano by other musicians of some of his most popular piano works, including the six Consolations, Angelus!

From the third volume of Années de Pelèrinages and the Liebestraum No.3. The performers of this moving collection of works are the Italian cellist Francesco Dillon and the pianist Emanuele Torquati. Francesco Dillon performs as a soloist and with chamber groups all over the world and has made several recordings of unusual cello repertoire, including an album of Schumann rarities for Brilliant Classics.

Liszt: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

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