Dag Achatz, the pianist on this recording, is a prize-winning musician who studied with notable figures like Alfred Cortot and Vlado Perlemuter, and has performed with major orchestras in over 20 countries.
Instruments
Liszt's Chickering grand piano, a concert instrument from the 1870s, has a sensitive action and a unique middle pedal that only raises the dampers in the descant to enhance weaker high notes.
Instruments
The Chickering piano, an American instrument, won a gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition in 1867 and was presented to Franz Liszt by its manufacturer, Charles Francis Chickering.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Liszt's late piano works, featured on this album, are characterized by a gaunt, inornate style, lacking virtuosity and romanticism, and are described as introverted monologues that foreshadow 20th-century music.
Composer Biography
Franz Liszt often required two grand pianos for an evening concert due to his forceful touch and rapid execution, which would put most pianos of his era out of tune after an hour of playing.
Instruments
Franz Liszt's Chickering grand piano was initially housed at the Szekszárd Palace of Baron Antal Augusz due to its large size, before being donated to the Budapest Academy of Music after Liszt's death.
Recording & Production
This recording features Dag Achatz playing Franz Liszt's own Chickering piano, located in the Liszt Academy in Budapest.
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