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Liszt: Transcendental Etudes & Piano Sonata in Bloomington, MN
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Liszt: Transcendental Etudes & Piano Sonata in Bloomington, MN
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To hear pianist
Francesco Piemontesi
tell it, he waited until middle age to attempt the
Liszt
Transcendental Etudes
, even though these works are often programmed by hotshot young pianists intent on displaying their technical mastery. What
Piemontesi
gets is that
's most difficult works have technical depths that are still achieved by only a few. A piece like "Scarbo," from
Ravel
's
Gaspard de la nuit
, was at the edge of the technically possible when it was written, but now any competent conservatory graduate can play it. The
and the
Piano Sonata in B minor
are different. A good performance is quite possible, but great ones that evoke the spell in which
held his audiences are rarer. The latter is what the music gets here from
. He is strong throughout, but it is in the dense virtuosic passages, with sheets of sound issuing from his piano, unfortunately unidentified in the booklet, that leave the listener amazed. Sample "Mazeppa" from the
Etudes
or the fugal treatment of the main sonata material for an idea; those sheets of sound never lose their individual notes.
is hardly less effective in the slower passages, which have a kind of majesty. He records on home ground at the Auditorio Stelio Molo in Lugano, and it is an appropriate venue for his remarkable achievement. ~ James Manheim
Francesco Piemontesi
tell it, he waited until middle age to attempt the
Liszt
Transcendental Etudes
, even though these works are often programmed by hotshot young pianists intent on displaying their technical mastery. What
Piemontesi
gets is that
's most difficult works have technical depths that are still achieved by only a few. A piece like "Scarbo," from
Ravel
's
Gaspard de la nuit
, was at the edge of the technically possible when it was written, but now any competent conservatory graduate can play it. The
and the
Piano Sonata in B minor
are different. A good performance is quite possible, but great ones that evoke the spell in which
held his audiences are rarer. The latter is what the music gets here from
. He is strong throughout, but it is in the dense virtuosic passages, with sheets of sound issuing from his piano, unfortunately unidentified in the booklet, that leave the listener amazed. Sample "Mazeppa" from the
Etudes
or the fugal treatment of the main sonata material for an idea; those sheets of sound never lose their individual notes.
is hardly less effective in the slower passages, which have a kind of majesty. He records on home ground at the Auditorio Stelio Molo in Lugano, and it is an appropriate venue for his remarkable achievement. ~ James Manheim
To hear pianist
Francesco Piemontesi
tell it, he waited until middle age to attempt the
Liszt
Transcendental Etudes
, even though these works are often programmed by hotshot young pianists intent on displaying their technical mastery. What
Piemontesi
gets is that
's most difficult works have technical depths that are still achieved by only a few. A piece like "Scarbo," from
Ravel
's
Gaspard de la nuit
, was at the edge of the technically possible when it was written, but now any competent conservatory graduate can play it. The
and the
Piano Sonata in B minor
are different. A good performance is quite possible, but great ones that evoke the spell in which
held his audiences are rarer. The latter is what the music gets here from
. He is strong throughout, but it is in the dense virtuosic passages, with sheets of sound issuing from his piano, unfortunately unidentified in the booklet, that leave the listener amazed. Sample "Mazeppa" from the
Etudes
or the fugal treatment of the main sonata material for an idea; those sheets of sound never lose their individual notes.
is hardly less effective in the slower passages, which have a kind of majesty. He records on home ground at the Auditorio Stelio Molo in Lugano, and it is an appropriate venue for his remarkable achievement. ~ James Manheim
Francesco Piemontesi
tell it, he waited until middle age to attempt the
Liszt
Transcendental Etudes
, even though these works are often programmed by hotshot young pianists intent on displaying their technical mastery. What
Piemontesi
gets is that
's most difficult works have technical depths that are still achieved by only a few. A piece like "Scarbo," from
Ravel
's
Gaspard de la nuit
, was at the edge of the technically possible when it was written, but now any competent conservatory graduate can play it. The
and the
Piano Sonata in B minor
are different. A good performance is quite possible, but great ones that evoke the spell in which
held his audiences are rarer. The latter is what the music gets here from
. He is strong throughout, but it is in the dense virtuosic passages, with sheets of sound issuing from his piano, unfortunately unidentified in the booklet, that leave the listener amazed. Sample "Mazeppa" from the
Etudes
or the fugal treatment of the main sonata material for an idea; those sheets of sound never lose their individual notes.
is hardly less effective in the slower passages, which have a kind of majesty. He records on home ground at the Auditorio Stelio Molo in Lugano, and it is an appropriate venue for his remarkable achievement. ~ James Manheim
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