Franz Liszt, the composer of the operatic fantasies on this album, lived from 1811 to 1886.
Performer Biography
Chiyan Wong, the pianist on this album, is an honours graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Christopher Elton.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Liszt aimed to inject spontaneity into the conventional operatic paraphrase form and to explore all pianistic possibilities available to him.
Compositional Technique
Liszt's operatic paraphrases, like those on this album, typically follow a template: a searching introduction, emergence of melodies, play on melodies, and a rousing finale.
Performer Biography
Chiyan Wong made his Asian debut at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in 2010 and his Wigmore Hall debut in 2012 with an all-Liszt recital.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at Wyastone Concert Hall in Monmouth, UK, from March 2-4, 2014.
Recording & Production
The piano used for this recording is a Steinway Model D.
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