Wagner: transcribed for solo piano by August Stradal, Vol. Two

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Transcriptions by the Liszt disciple Stradal provide meaty fare for Vizcarra. He produces an often monumental tone and pedalling effects are impressively worked. Recorded sound is a little clangy. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Sep 2014
Catalogue No: TOCC0192
Label: Toccata Classics
Length: 75 minutes

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Excerpt, Wagner: Lohengrin

Work length20:55

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Juan Guillermo Vizcarra

Free Fantasy

Track length20:55

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Excerpt, Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Work length12:03

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Juan Guillermo Vizcarra

O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe' und Gesang der Brangäne - Einsam wachend in der Nacht

Track length12:03

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Excerpt, Wagner: Das Rheingold

Work length14:38

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Juan Guillermo Vizcarra

Schluss der letzten Szene

Track length14:38

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Excerpt, Wagner: Parsifal

Work length12:15

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Juan Guillermo Vizcarra

Karfreitagszauber (Good Friday Spell)

Track length12:15

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Excerpt, Wagner: Siegfried

Work length15:39

$4.00

$5.15

$7.00

Juan Guillermo Vizcarra

Schluss des letzten Aufzuges

Track length15:39

$4.00

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The Czech-born pianist and writer August Stradal (1860–1930) – a student of Bruckner and disciple of Liszt – was one of the more prolific transcribers of the nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries.

He produced a vast quantity of piano music, including Liszt’s orchestral works, most of the Bruckner symphonies, a good deal of the Baroque (not least a huge amount of Bach) and much more.

These transcriptions are phenomenally difficult to play.

This is the second in a series of three recordings presenting his Wagner transcriptions, cast in the best barnstorming virtuoso tradition.

Juan Guillermo Vizcarra is one of the leading Peruvian pianists of his generation, whose performances have been heard far beyond his native land. He has received numerous honours in international competitions.

MusicWeb International wrote of Vol. 1 of this series: ‘Juan Guillermo Vizcarra makes a staggeringly powerful case for these transcriptions […]. Vizcarra is especially skilled at layering the dynamics within these complex textures ensuring that the ear is guided to primary and secondary material. […] Vizcarra is beautifully poetic’.

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February 2015

Transcriptions by the Liszt disciple Stradal provide meaty fare for Vizcarra. He produces an often monumental tone and pedalling effects are impressively worked. Recorded sound is a little clangy.

December 2014

Vizcarra is thrillingly virtuosic whenever required but it is in the reflective and lyrical passages that his interpretative skill shines through...this is an excellently presented and carefully prepared release with high quality engineering to match the imaginative programming.

Wagner: transcribed for solo piano by August Stradal, Vol. Two

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