Liszt Recital

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The highlight of this disc is Chopin's Chants polonais - Fialkowska plays all six that Liszt transcribed, and blends drama with lyricism. Others may bring more intimacy, but this is classy playing.... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 17th Oct 2011
Catalogue No: ACD22641
Label: Atma Classique
Length: 71 minutes

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Liszt: Soirées de Vienne, S. 427: Valse caprice No. 6: I. Allegro con strepito (after Franz Schubert)

Work length9:09

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Janina Fialkowska (piano)
Recorded: 2011-07-07
Recording Venue: Salle Raoul-Jobin, Palais Montcalm, Québec

Liszt: Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 3)

Work length16:32

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Janina Fialkowska (piano)
Recorded: 2011-07-07
Recording Venue: Salle Raoul-Jobin, Palais Montcalm, Québec

Chopin: Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S.480

Work length16:25

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Janina Fialkowska (piano)
Recorded: 2011-07-07
Recording Venue: Salle Raoul-Jobin, Palais Montcalm, Québec

Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S.480: I. Le souhait de la jeune fille

Track length3:24

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Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S.480: II. Printemps

Track length2:37

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Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S.480: III. L'anneau

Track length3:03

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Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S.480: IV. Bacchanale

Track length1:36

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Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S.480: V. Mes Joies

Track length4:12

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Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S.480: VI. Le Retour au pays

Track length1:33

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Gounod: Faust symphonie, S. 513: II. Gretchen: Adante soave

Work length19:33

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Janina Fialkowska (piano)
Recorded: 2011-07-07
Recording Venue: Salle Raoul-Jobin, Palais Montcalm, Québec

Gounod: Gounod - Faust: Valse, S. 407

Work length9:30

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Janina Fialkowska (piano)
Recorded: 2011-07-07
Recording Venue: Salle Raoul-Jobin, Palais Montcalm, Québec

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Following on from her hugely successful Chopin recordings, renowned Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska has recorded a personal selection of Liszt’s solo piano music.

“The playing is sheer bliss. If you buy one Chopin selection this year, make it Fialkowska’s” The Sunday Times

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January 2012

The highlight of this disc is Chopin's Chants polonais - Fialkowska plays all six that Liszt transcribed, and blends drama with lyricism. Others may bring more intimacy, but this is classy playing. Liszt's transcription of the 'Gretchen' movement from A Faust Symphony is also colourful.

30th October 2011

The Polish-Canadian plays from the heart...the reason to buy this CD is the Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, a piece of extraordinary beauty that plays to Fialkowska’s strengths – her romantic sensibility, her sense of poetry, her unaffected artistry and knack of showcasing the music’s Chopin-esque brilliance.

January 2012

The emphasis here is on variety within variety, on Liszt's generous and extraordinary response to other composers...Fialkowska takes the Faust Waltz by virtuouso storm...We need many more records from this master-pianist

11th November 2011

an enchanting recital...The poise, spectrum of tone and sheer naturalness of her playing makes the Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude utterly compelling, the instinctive expressiveness of Liszt’s Chopin arrangements likewise...this is a disc to be treasured by admirers of elegant pianism.

22nd October 2011

Liszt discs aren’t thin on the ground but this one stands out...the playing of these lesser-heard pieces is magical. Highlights are the sublime Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude; the joyously rippling Chopin paraphrases, Six Chants Polonais; and Gretchen, the composer’s rapturous transcription of the slow movement from his Faust Symphony.

3rd March 2012

There’s not a dud moment in the recital. And this is impressive playing on any account, more so when you read that Fialkowska’s career was nearly derailed by a tumour discovered in her arm in 2002. After groundbreaking, successful treatment she resumed playing in 2004 and sounds better than ever. I think I’m now a paid-up Liszt fan.

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