Liszt - Les cloches de Genève (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 9)
Genres:
Instrumental » Piano Solos
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…Stephen Hough has technically and spiritually digested the first book of Années de pèlerinage to the extent that he can risk personalising certain pieces without sounding the least bit mannered.... —
Awards:
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Building a Library, March 2011, First Choice
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Liszt: Années de pélerinage; Première année - Suisse & Légende 2
RecommendedFrancesco Piemontesi (piano)
Piemontesi’s pianism can hold its own alongside anyone’s in terms of absolute technical facility. He also has a special affinity with the lyrical directness in Liszt’s idiom…You can’t really... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th June 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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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,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Instrumental
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In Trois Morceaux Suisses, which he likens in his scholarly and informative notes to a garland of encores, he powers and swashbuckles his way through a wild assortment of exuberant obstacles —
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The Liszt is immaculately controlled, each of the nine pieces vividly characterised. His use of pedal is surprising, and his sound is wonderfully clean and precise. His effects are fastidiously... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Liszt: Années de Pélerinage
and madrigals by Gesualdo and Marenzio
Ragna Schirmer (piano)
ensemble amarcord
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Almost everything by Bolet is worth acquiring, but this collection is particularly valuable, coming from the period just after he had finally attracted some attention for his Liszt-playing…Bolet... —
