Summit

Featuring

Nuron Mukumi
Franz Liszt
Frédéric Chopin

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Critical Reception

While Chopin's contemporary Robert Schumann was initially uncertain about his Piano Sonata No. 2, Franz Liszt was enthusiastic, praising its innovative qualities and unique style.

Performer Biography

Nuron Mukumi, the pianist on this album, began piano lessons at age six and won First Prize at the International Russian Music Piano Competition in San Jose, California, a year later.

Composer Biography

Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin, two piano virtuosos, were in close contact in Paris and even performed together in concerts.

Performer Biography

Nuron Mukumi made his conducting debut at age eight with the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan, performing Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor while also playing the piano part.

Composer Biography

Franz Liszt had close ties with the Catholic Church and the Franciscan order, even taking orders as a lay brother in 1858 and living according to the rules of Francis of Assisi.

Compositional Technique

Liszt's Sposalizio, a piece from his Années de pèlerinage, depicts Raphael's 1504 painting of the same name through an alternation of three short themes or motifs.

Composition History

Liszt's Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, a piano cycle, was started in 1834 and completed over nearly two decades, with its title borrowed from a book of verses by French poet Alphonse de Lamartine.