Liszt Rhapsodies

In his very first album, pianist Rodolphe Menguy invites us to reflect on two groups of composers (Bartók / Kodály versus Franz Liszt) and how they dealt with traditional music but also what influence this had on the evolution of music-writing - thereby on the evolution of pianism. An ambitious programme that reveals a more than promising talent.

Sonja Fräki - Schubert & Liszt: Piano Works
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 222 MB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Pilfink Records # JJVCD-115 | Country/Year: Finland 2013
Genre: Classical | Style: Viennese School, Romantic, Piano

…Fräki studied at the Sibelius Academy and graduated as Master of Music 2003. She also studied in Germany at the postgraduate study programme called Konzertexamen in Karlsruhe and graduated 2004 with highest marks…

Dvorak: Symphony "From the New World" - Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 - Ferenc Fricsay
1953, 1956 | Ape, Cue, Scans | Mono | 59':18' | 153 MBs | 2 Files

A great and fiery recording of Dvorak's last symphony by Fricsay and the RIAS Symphony Orchestra. Not to be confused with his later stereo remake with the Berlin Philharmonic.

In 2019, at the age of 22, Alexandre Kantorow became the first French pianist to win the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition. But already before then he had released three acclaimed discs, awarded distinctions such as Diapason d'or de l'Année and Gramophone's Editor's Choice and earning Kantorow descriptions ranging from 'Liszt reincarnated' to 'a firebreathing virtuoso with a poetic charm and innate stylistic mastery'. The present recital, his first release since the Tchaikovsky Competition, offers plenty of scope for virtuosity, poetry and charm, always filtered through an acute stylistic consciousness. The programme is constructed around three rhapsodies, a genre whose improvisatory character corresponds perfectly with the spirit of Romanticism but here interpreted by three highly distinct artistic temperaments: Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms and Béla Bartók.

4 Rhapsodies from critically-acclaimed pianist Kristina Marinova and Navona Records is a collection of vibrant, dynamic, and technically demanding works for solo piano. The album’s titular piece, Four Rhapsodies op. 11 by early 20th-Century composer Ernst von Dohnányi is rarely performed in concert given the level of musicianship it requires of pianists. Now, its combination of stark drama and dazzling virtuosic passages may be enjoyed by listeners everywhere. This impressive piece, along with works by the likes of Astor Piazzolla, Franz Liszt, and George Gershwin, makes for a varied collection of masterworks performed by the gifted hands of Kristina Marinova.