The Liszt Project / Aimard (2-cd)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Disc: 1 1. La Lugubre Gondola, S.200 No.1 2. Eine Sonate für das Album von Frau Mathilde Wesendonck in As, WWV85 3. Nuages gris, S.199 4. Piano Sonata, Op.1 5. Unstern! -Sinistre , S208 6. Piano Sonata No.9, Op.68 "Black Mass" 7. Sonata B minor, Lento assai - Allegro energico - Grandioso 8. Sonata B minor, candido espressivo 9. Sonata in B minor, Andante sostenuto - Quasi Adagio 10. Sonata in B minor,Allegro energico - Stretta quasi Presto - Presto - Prestisssimo - Andante sostenuto - Allegro moderato - Lento assai Disc: 2 1. Aux cyprès de la Villa d'Este No.1 (Thrénodie) 2. Assai andante 3. Saint francois d'assise la predication aux oiseaux 4. Tangatu manu 5. Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este 6. Jeux d'eau 7. Le Traquet stapazin 8. Vallée d'Obermann

The brilliant French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard has an ingenious knack for juxtaposing old and new works to tease out fascinating resonances. “The Liszt Project” pays homage to Liszt in his bicentennial year by alternating his works, including rarities, with scores by Wagner, Berg, Scriabin, Ravel, Bartok, Messiaen and Marco Stroppa. ANTHONY TOMMASINI

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