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Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Tre Sonetti del Petrarca & Tannhäuser Overture

1/19/2018, 14 Tracks, 1:19:17

Featuring

  • Lawrence Foster
  • Jorge Bolet
  • Edo de Waart
  • Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
  • Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
  • Franz Liszt

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Compositional Technique

Liszt's innovative method in the piano concertos involves constantly transforming thematic 'cells,' such as the characteristic rhythm of the main theme in the First Concerto.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jorge Bolet's career breakthrough came when he was chosen to play the soundtrack for the 1960 Hollywood film "Song Without End," a biography of Franz Liszt.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

These recordings, made between 1971 and 1982, are being released for the first time on this album.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The historical publications by audite are based on original analogue tapes from broadcasting archives, which offer high quality even by modern standards.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Jorge Bolet's interpretation of Liszt's Piano Concertos highlights the musical substance and inner relationships between parts, resisting the temptation to unleash the tempo.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Liszt's Piano Concertos represent a symphonic concerto genre, reinventing the relationship between soloist and orchestra with a multi-part, yet single-movement, format.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jorge Bolet, born in Cuba in 1914, was considered too old for the post-World War II audience who favored a younger generation of American pianists.

Source: Booklet

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