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Liszt at the Opera / Louis Lortie
The exclusive Chandos artist and award-winning pianist, Louis Lortie continues his critically acclaimed exploration of piano works by Liszt, turning to opera transcriptions, paraphrases and fantasies that with their technical innovation revolutionized composition for the piano.
In RĂ©miniscences de âDon Juanâ, based on three scenes from Mozartâs Don Giovanni, Liszt creates a work renowned for its extreme technical difficulty. He dazzled audiences in his own time with performances of it, and it has remained notorious ever since, Ferruccio Busoni claiming that âthis piece among pianists has acquired the almost symbolic significance of a pianistic summitâ.
The Paraphrase de concert on Rigoletto is one of three Verdi paraphrases only published in 1960, each of which concentrates on one particular moment of its respective Verdi opera, presenting it in highly pianistic terms whilst maintaining the general lines of the original. In the Rigoletto paraphrase Liszt focuses on the aria âBella figlia dellâamoreâ.
In the Valse de lâopĂ©ra âFaustâ de Gounod Liszt cleverly combines the waltz from Act I of the opera with a melodious love duet from Act II. After these materials have been transformed and Liszt has added his own musical tangents, the piece accelerates into a vertiginous whirl, reminiscent of Ravelâs much later La Valse, and finally the main theme reappears with majestic swagger and grandeur.
Completing the album are several more or less straightforward transcriptions based on operas by Richard Wagner who, despite a rocky start to their relationship, forged a close musical bond with Liszt. Among these transcriptions is the popular âLiebestodâ from Tristan und Isolde. Liszt never completed a transcription of its natural musical companion, the Prelude to the same opera, so here Louis Lortie has recorded his own arrangement of that piece.
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"Lisztâs transcriptions of, and fantasias on, excerpts from operas like 'Rigoletto' and 'Faust' â not to mention the works of his future son-in-law, Richard Wagner â are some of the most dazzling and complex piano works of the 19th century. Louis Lortie, a fantastic Lisztian, performs them with confidence and clarity. And his new version of the prelude to Wagnerâs 'Tristan und Isolde,' a companion to Lisztâs transcription of the 'Liebestod,' stands comparison with the master." â The New York Times
In RĂ©miniscences de âDon Juanâ, based on three scenes from Mozartâs Don Giovanni, Liszt creates a work renowned for its extreme technical difficulty. He dazzled audiences in his own time with performances of it, and it has remained notorious ever since, Ferruccio Busoni claiming that âthis piece among pianists has acquired the almost symbolic significance of a pianistic summitâ.
The Paraphrase de concert on Rigoletto is one of three Verdi paraphrases only published in 1960, each of which concentrates on one particular moment of its respective Verdi opera, presenting it in highly pianistic terms whilst maintaining the general lines of the original. In the Rigoletto paraphrase Liszt focuses on the aria âBella figlia dellâamoreâ.
In the Valse de lâopĂ©ra âFaustâ de Gounod Liszt cleverly combines the waltz from Act I of the opera with a melodious love duet from Act II. After these materials have been transformed and Liszt has added his own musical tangents, the piece accelerates into a vertiginous whirl, reminiscent of Ravelâs much later La Valse, and finally the main theme reappears with majestic swagger and grandeur.
Completing the album are several more or less straightforward transcriptions based on operas by Richard Wagner who, despite a rocky start to their relationship, forged a close musical bond with Liszt. Among these transcriptions is the popular âLiebestodâ from Tristan und Isolde. Liszt never completed a transcription of its natural musical companion, the Prelude to the same opera, so here Louis Lortie has recorded his own arrangement of that piece.
â----
"Lisztâs transcriptions of, and fantasias on, excerpts from operas like 'Rigoletto' and 'Faust' â not to mention the works of his future son-in-law, Richard Wagner â are some of the most dazzling and complex piano works of the 19th century. Louis Lortie, a fantastic Lisztian, performs them with confidence and clarity. And his new version of the prelude to Wagnerâs 'Tristan und Isolde,' a companion to Lisztâs transcription of the 'Liebestod,' stands comparison with the master." â The New York Times
The exclusive Chandos artist and award-winning pianist, Louis Lortie continues his critically acclaimed exploration of piano works by Liszt, turning to opera transcriptions, paraphrases and fantasies that with their technical innovation revolutionized composition for the piano.
In RĂ©miniscences de âDon Juanâ, based on three scenes from Mozartâs Don Giovanni, Liszt creates a work renowned for its extreme technical difficulty. He dazzled audiences in his own time with performances of it, and it has remained notorious ever since, Ferruccio Busoni claiming that âthis piece among pianists has acquired the almost symbolic significance of a pianistic summitâ.
The Paraphrase de concert on Rigoletto is one of three Verdi paraphrases only published in 1960, each of which concentrates on one particular moment of its respective Verdi opera, presenting it in highly pianistic terms whilst maintaining the general lines of the original. In the Rigoletto paraphrase Liszt focuses on the aria âBella figlia dellâamoreâ.
In the Valse de lâopĂ©ra âFaustâ de Gounod Liszt cleverly combines the waltz from Act I of the opera with a melodious love duet from Act II. After these materials have been transformed and Liszt has added his own musical tangents, the piece accelerates into a vertiginous whirl, reminiscent of Ravelâs much later La Valse, and finally the main theme reappears with majestic swagger and grandeur.
Completing the album are several more or less straightforward transcriptions based on operas by Richard Wagner who, despite a rocky start to their relationship, forged a close musical bond with Liszt. Among these transcriptions is the popular âLiebestodâ from Tristan und Isolde. Liszt never completed a transcription of its natural musical companion, the Prelude to the same opera, so here Louis Lortie has recorded his own arrangement of that piece.
â----
"Lisztâs transcriptions of, and fantasias on, excerpts from operas like 'Rigoletto' and 'Faust' â not to mention the works of his future son-in-law, Richard Wagner â are some of the most dazzling and complex piano works of the 19th century. Louis Lortie, a fantastic Lisztian, performs them with confidence and clarity. And his new version of the prelude to Wagnerâs 'Tristan und Isolde,' a companion to Lisztâs transcription of the 'Liebestod,' stands comparison with the master." â The New York Times
In RĂ©miniscences de âDon Juanâ, based on three scenes from Mozartâs Don Giovanni, Liszt creates a work renowned for its extreme technical difficulty. He dazzled audiences in his own time with performances of it, and it has remained notorious ever since, Ferruccio Busoni claiming that âthis piece among pianists has acquired the almost symbolic significance of a pianistic summitâ.
The Paraphrase de concert on Rigoletto is one of three Verdi paraphrases only published in 1960, each of which concentrates on one particular moment of its respective Verdi opera, presenting it in highly pianistic terms whilst maintaining the general lines of the original. In the Rigoletto paraphrase Liszt focuses on the aria âBella figlia dellâamoreâ.
In the Valse de lâopĂ©ra âFaustâ de Gounod Liszt cleverly combines the waltz from Act I of the opera with a melodious love duet from Act II. After these materials have been transformed and Liszt has added his own musical tangents, the piece accelerates into a vertiginous whirl, reminiscent of Ravelâs much later La Valse, and finally the main theme reappears with majestic swagger and grandeur.
Completing the album are several more or less straightforward transcriptions based on operas by Richard Wagner who, despite a rocky start to their relationship, forged a close musical bond with Liszt. Among these transcriptions is the popular âLiebestodâ from Tristan und Isolde. Liszt never completed a transcription of its natural musical companion, the Prelude to the same opera, so here Louis Lortie has recorded his own arrangement of that piece.
â----
"Lisztâs transcriptions of, and fantasias on, excerpts from operas like 'Rigoletto' and 'Faust' â not to mention the works of his future son-in-law, Richard Wagner â are some of the most dazzling and complex piano works of the 19th century. Louis Lortie, a fantastic Lisztian, performs them with confidence and clarity. And his new version of the prelude to Wagnerâs 'Tristan und Isolde,' a companion to Lisztâs transcription of the 'Liebestod,' stands comparison with the master." â The New York Times
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The exclusive Chandos artist and award-winning pianist, Louis Lortie continues his critically acclaimed exploration of piano works by Liszt, turning to opera transcriptions, paraphrases and fantasies that with their technical innovation revolutionized composition for the piano.
In RĂ©miniscences de âDon Juanâ, based on three scenes from Mozartâs Don Giovanni, Liszt creates a work renowned for its extreme technical difficulty. He dazzled audiences in his own time with performances of it, and it has remained notorious ever since, Ferruccio Busoni claiming that âthis piece among pianists has acquired the almost symbolic significance of a pianistic summitâ.
The Paraphrase de concert on Rigoletto is one of three Verdi paraphrases only published in 1960, each of which concentrates on one particular moment of its respective Verdi opera, presenting it in highly pianistic terms whilst maintaining the general lines of the original. In the Rigoletto paraphrase Liszt focuses on the aria âBella figlia dellâamoreâ.
In the Valse de lâopĂ©ra âFaustâ de Gounod Liszt cleverly combines the waltz from Act I of the opera with a melodious love duet from Act II. After these materials have been transformed and Liszt has added his own musical tangents, the piece accelerates into a vertiginous whirl, reminiscent of Ravelâs much later La Valse, and finally the main theme reappears with majestic swagger and grandeur.
Completing the album are several more or less straightforward transcriptions based on operas by Richard Wagner who, despite a rocky start to their relationship, forged a close musical bond with Liszt. Among these transcriptions is the popular âLiebestodâ from Tristan und Isolde. Liszt never completed a transcription of its natural musical companion, the Prelude to the same opera, so here Louis Lortie has recorded his own arrangement of that piece.
â----
"Lisztâs transcriptions of, and fantasias on, excerpts from operas like 'Rigoletto' and 'Faust' â not to mention the works of his future son-in-law, Richard Wagner â are some of the most dazzling and complex piano works of the 19th century. Louis Lortie, a fantastic Lisztian, performs them with confidence and clarity. And his new version of the prelude to Wagnerâs 'Tristan und Isolde,' a companion to Lisztâs transcription of the 'Liebestod,' stands comparison with the master." â The New York Times
In RĂ©miniscences de âDon Juanâ, based on three scenes from Mozartâs Don Giovanni, Liszt creates a work renowned for its extreme technical difficulty. He dazzled audiences in his own time with performances of it, and it has remained notorious ever since, Ferruccio Busoni claiming that âthis piece among pianists has acquired the almost symbolic significance of a pianistic summitâ.
The Paraphrase de concert on Rigoletto is one of three Verdi paraphrases only published in 1960, each of which concentrates on one particular moment of its respective Verdi opera, presenting it in highly pianistic terms whilst maintaining the general lines of the original. In the Rigoletto paraphrase Liszt focuses on the aria âBella figlia dellâamoreâ.
In the Valse de lâopĂ©ra âFaustâ de Gounod Liszt cleverly combines the waltz from Act I of the opera with a melodious love duet from Act II. After these materials have been transformed and Liszt has added his own musical tangents, the piece accelerates into a vertiginous whirl, reminiscent of Ravelâs much later La Valse, and finally the main theme reappears with majestic swagger and grandeur.
Completing the album are several more or less straightforward transcriptions based on operas by Richard Wagner who, despite a rocky start to their relationship, forged a close musical bond with Liszt. Among these transcriptions is the popular âLiebestodâ from Tristan und Isolde. Liszt never completed a transcription of its natural musical companion, the Prelude to the same opera, so here Louis Lortie has recorded his own arrangement of that piece.
â----
"Lisztâs transcriptions of, and fantasias on, excerpts from operas like 'Rigoletto' and 'Faust' â not to mention the works of his future son-in-law, Richard Wagner â are some of the most dazzling and complex piano works of the 19th century. Louis Lortie, a fantastic Lisztian, performs them with confidence and clarity. And his new version of the prelude to Wagnerâs 'Tristan und Isolde,' a companion to Lisztâs transcription of the 'Liebestod,' stands comparison with the master." â The New York Times
