Liszt - Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 3)

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…

Cooper’s keyboard mastery is as searching as the music itself…her way of balancing chords mesmerises the ear – both in the consonant close of Sposalizio (whose poised opening is exquisitely... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 5 out of 5 stars 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…

'Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este' in Book 3 is as exquisite a performance as can be imagined. The shimmering surfaces of the musical textures never obscure the underlying philosophical seriousness... — International Record Review, January 2011 More…

The gem of this three-disc set is the second Année. Campanella’s straightforward approach to ‘Sposalizio’, Liszt’s evocation of Rafael, strikes just the right balance between devotion and poetry.... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2021 More…