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Liszt: Works for Piano (Live)

5/3/2019, 9 Tracks, 1:07:15

Featuring

  • Takahiro Yoshikawa
  • Franz Liszt

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Composition History

The album also includes Liszt's famous Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto by Verdi and Grande étude d'après Paganini n.3 'La campanella', which pay homage to leading Italian vocal and instrumental music figures of the 19th century.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Franz Liszt, a key figure in Romantic culture, was a multifaceted artist who was never satisfied with his achievements as a composer, conductor, pianist, essayist, and organizer of musical events.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Liszt moved to Rome in 1861, where he took minor religious orders and lived until his death in Bayreuth in 1886, driven by a unique religious vocation.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Pianist Takahiro Yoshikawa, who created this all-Liszt album, has lived in Milan for a long time and is active in the heart of Italian music, performing with the Milan Scala Orchestra and on Italian radio.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Liszt's extensive pianistic works were so avant-garde that he is considered the inventor of the modern piano, having codified its morphology and syntax.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The pieces on this album from Années de Pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) reflect Liszt's 'infatuation' with Italy and its culture, inspired by his travels and residences there.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Liszt, born in a German-speaking region of Hungary, was greatly attracted to Italian culture, like many Central European artists from Goethe onwards.

Source: Booklet

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