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Tag Archives: Liszt
Infernal Liszt: Alice Sara Ott, Antonio Pappano and a Faustian pact
Liszt: LSO/ Pappano **** Barbican, 26th November 2017 In all honesty, Goethe could have been referring to Liszt’s Faust Symphony which – at around seventy minutes – can feel like a very long work of art indeed. It formed the bloated climax … Continue reading
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Sumptuous Strauss from Louise Alder in Wigmore jump-in
Louise Alder & Gary Matthewman **** Wigmore Hall, 22nd July 2017 We anticipated a Ukrainian barihunk singing Tchaikovsky, but ended up with an English rose singing Strauss. “Travel problems” detained Andrei Bondarenko from making his Wigmore Hall recital, his place taken at … Continue reading
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Tagged Britten, Debussy, Gary Matthewman, Hahn, Liszt, Louise Alder, Poulenc, Richard Strauss
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Wigmore Hall englouti: exquisite aquatic recital from Philippe Cassard
“Perspectives Debussy”: Philippe Cassard ***** Wigmore Hall, 29th October 2016 “Wigmore Hall is flooded now!” confessed Philippe Cassard. It was Claude Debussy who left the tap running, with every form of precipitation – rain, snow, fog – pouring from the … Continue reading
Lisztian tempests: Marc-André Hamelin at Wigmore Hall
Liszt, Feinberg, Lyapunov: Marc-André Hamelin *** Wigmore Hall, 19th June 2016 One of music’s first “rock stars”, Franz Liszt created the piano recital: performing without a score, turning the piano sideways – so audiences could admire his profile – striding … Continue reading
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Fabulous, flamboyant Liszt from Khatia Buniatishvili in Paris
Khatia Buniatishvili **** Philharmonie, Paris, 7th March 2016 There are few composers for the piano as viscerally exciting as Franz Liszt and there are few pianists today who perform his music with as much visceral excitement as Khatia Buniatishvili. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Haydn, Khatia Buniatishvili, Liszt, Paris, Philharmonie, Stravinsky
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