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Liszt: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 by Sviatoslav Richter (2024 Remastered, London 1961)

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Liszt: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 

Sviatoslav Richter (2024 Remastered, London 1961)

1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
Total length: 00:39:12

 

Liszt’s piano concertos break away from the classical form, being performed in a single, uninterrupted movement. In the First Concerto, the initial seven notes, proclaimed imperiously by the full orchestra before the piano’s dramatic entrance, take on a rhapsodic character and embody a grand variation, foreshadowing César Franck’s Variations symphoniques. In this regard, the Concerto in E-flat major is revolutionary, and the Second Concerto in A major further develops this organic transformation of thematic material through its seven seamlessly connected movements.

The duet Sviatoslav Richter / Kirill Kondrashin comes very close to offering us THE definitive version of the Piano Concerto No. 2. This is a free, open, and noble version in which Richter engages in an intense struggle to delve into the text at its deepest level. The orchestra displays strength and grandeur, triumphal yet capable of achieving remarkable cantabile.

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Track listing

1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, S. 124: I. Allegro maestoso (2024 Remastered, London 1961)
2. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, S. 124: IIa. Quasi adagio (2024 Remastered, London 1961)
3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, S. 124: IIb. Allegretto vivace, Allegro animato (2024 Remastered, London 1961)
4. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, S. 124: III. Allegro marziale animato (2024 Remastered, London 1961)
5. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125: I. Adagio sostenuto assai, Allegro agitato assai (2024 Remastered, London 1961)
6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125: II. Allegro moderato (2024 Remastered, London 1961)
7. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125: III. Allegro deciso, Marziale un poco meno allegro (2024 Remastered, London 1961)
8. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125: IV. Allegro animato (2024 Remastered, London 1961)

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