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After highly successful recordings of works by Brahms,
the Schumanns, and Chopin, Imogen Cooper plunges into
the world of another great romantic, Franz Liszt, and
places him alongside that other giant, Richard Wagner.
This is an evocative programme of original compositions
and intimate transcriptions, ranging from poetic
movements from the Annees de Pelerinage: Italie to
darker and deeply elegiac pieces, including Liszt's La
lugubre gondola I and Wagner's Elegie. It also features a
transcription by Zoltán Kocsis of the intensely passionate
prelude to Tristan und Isolde. The famous pianist and
conductor died prematurely in November 2016. It was his
work that inspired this recording to begin with, and
Imogen Cooper dedicates the disc to his memory.
Breathtaking music in unique interpretations:
romanticism without melodrama, virtuosity without fuss.
Liszt
1.Valse oubliee No. 2, S. 215 No. 2.06:54
2.Gretchen, S. 513.19:08
3.Annees de pelerinage II, S. 161 "Italie": No. 1. Sposalizio (Marriage of the Virgin).07:19
4.Annees de pelerinage II, S. 161 "Italie": No. 2. Il penseroso (The Thinker).04:13
5.Annees de pelerinage II, S. 161 "Italie": No. 3. Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Canzonetta of Salvador Rosa).03:12
6.Annees de pelerinage II, S. 161 "Italie": No. 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Sonnet 104 of Petrarch).06:54
7.Trübe Wolken (Nuages gris), S199/R78.02:32
Wagner
8.Elegie.01:24
9.Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Prelude (Arr. Z. Kocsis).08:14
Liszt
10.La lugubre gondola, S. 200 No. 1 "Elegie No. 3".04:44
Wagner
11.Isoldes Liebestod, S. 447 (After R. Wagner).06:55
Liszt
12.Bagatelle sans tonalite, S. 216a.03:02 |
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