After an album devoted to Beethoven, Michel Dalberto returns to the world of Liszt, with the immense Sonata in B minor forming the centerpiece of his new recording. The composer was a visionary, but also a prodigious 'storyteller'. The French pianist's interpretation reveals both strands in the work, while also bringing out to the full the formidable, spectacular virtuosity of the four Études d'exécution transcendante and the poetic profundity of Vallée d'Obermann. This recording was made on a splendid Carl Bechstein piano in the auditorium of the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris.
1 Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Première Année, « Suisse », S.160 Vallée D'obermann, S.160/6
2 Liszt: Études D'exécution Transcendante, S.139 I. Paysage, S.139/3
3 Liszt: Études D'exécution Transcendante, S.139 II. Mazeppa, S.139/4
4 Liszt: Études D'exécution Transcendante, S.139 III. Ricordanza, S.139/9
5 Liszt: Études D'exécution Transcendante, S.139 IV. Chasse-Neige, S.139/12
6 Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178 I. Lento Assai
7 Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178 II. Andante Sostenuto
8 Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178 III. Allegro Energico
After an album devoted to Beethoven, Michel Dalberto returns to the world of Liszt, with the immense Sonata in B minor forming the centerpiece of his new recording. The composer was a visionary, but also a prodigious 'storyteller'. The French pianist's interpretation reveals both strands in the work, while also bringing out to the full the formidable, spectacular virtuosity of the four Études d'exécution transcendante and the poetic profundity of Vallée d'Obermann. This recording was made on a splendid Carl Bechstein piano in the auditorium of the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris.
