Liszt: Complete Piano Music Volume 28: Transcription for Two Pianos of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

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Beethoven’s Ninth on two pianos is not at all the same thing, even when the transcription (masterly) is the work of Liszt. The first movement suffers particularly, deprived of its bleak but wonderfully... — Sunday Times, 4th May 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 31st Mar 2008
Catalogue No: 8570466
Label: Naxos
Series: Liszt Complete Piano Music
Length: 61 minutes

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Liszt: Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, S. 657 / R. 376, "Choral"

Work length1:01:00

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Leon McCawley, Ashley Wass

I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

Track length13:39

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II. Molto vivace

Track length13:25

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III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato

Track length12:05

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IV. Finale. Presto

Track length21:51

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The Naxos comprehensive Liszt Piano Edition continues this month with a remarkable performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, transcribed for solo piano by Liszt.

Nineteenth century music lovers did not have the luxury of recorded sound, and the closest many listeners could get to Beethoven’s symphonies was through Liszt’s piano transcriptions. Though they have fallen out of fashion more recently there is no denying the sheer musicianship – and physical strength – required of a performer (or in this case, performers) for such a mammoth undertaking

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4th May 2008

Beethoven’s Ninth on two pianos is not at all the same thing, even when the transcription (masterly) is the work of Liszt. The first movement suffers particularly, deprived of its bleak but wonderfully expressive scoring...On the other hand, details of harmony and pitch (the timpani’s F at the beginning of the scherzo) spring out afresh. And the performance (at Beethoven’s metronome speeds) is so vivid and powerful that you are carried along by the exhilaration of it, and your ear gradually supplies what is missing.

16th May 2008

This two-keyboard version of the Ninth from 1851 is fascinating, and Leon McCawley and Ashley Wass show how dramatic it can be, and how acutely Liszt was able to translate the orchestral scoring into plausible piano sonorities. It's engaging and superbly played, and, at the price, worth it for the novelty and the unexpected revelations.

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