Browse: Liszt - Sonetto 47 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 4)

Louis Lortie's credentials for taking on this greatest of musical pilgrimages are self-evident from the start. The opening 'Chapelle de Guillaume Tell', from the Switzerland-inspired first book,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

To my knowledge, this is the first time that all three Petrarch cycles have been placed side by side on disc, and the differences are instructive...Emotions bite. The text is vividly delivered.... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2019 More…

Hewitt allows [the Sonata's] huge single-movement span to unfold with a sense of space and a purposeful clarity - qualities akin to the manner of Beethoven's late sonatas...Hewitt, a hugely experienced... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 3 out of 5 stars/4 out of 5 stars More…

A chance to discover the elegant playing of this largely forgotten pianist. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2015 More…

Bolet was one of the finest of all Liszt players… One’s spirits lift even before the ‘play’ button is pressed…The Wagner-Liszt Tannhäuser Overture was one of Bolet’s specialities. This astonishing... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2018 More…

Chamayou (on a Steinway) offers a luminous, supple, poetic sensibility that you sense is uncannily close to how Liszt himself would have imagined and played these wondrous pieces. Chamayou's... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…