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Liszt - Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S171/R16
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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This is immensely distinguished Liszt-playing...Freire seems utterly at one with the music, not only in terms of its innate poetry but also its astonishing diversity of texture and touch...Freire... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2011, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2011, First Choice
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Lise de la Salle is fully in command of the technical difficulties and much of her playing is exciting —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th September 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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She is in her late 30s, but sounds more like an artist of the 1950s/’60s, following in the footsteps of an Arrau or Nikolayeva: someone with an entirely natural feel for what the piano is all... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, Instrumental Choice
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In this powerful collection, which swings between chestnuts and relative rarities, Martina Filjak shows herself to be an enormously talented pianist with strong fingers, a rich bass-centered... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Liszt: Scherzo & Marsch, 2 Ballades, La Romanesco, 2 Legendes, Csardas Macabre
Leonardo Pierdomenico (piano)
Would that half the seasoned Lisztians I know had Pierdomenico’s keen ear for stylistic differentiation within this half-century of repertory. His highly developed technique and cultivated sound,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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A highly distinguished release —
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His aim for lightness, transparency and directness yields poetic results…the rounded edges and polished passagework characterising Zhang’s Janácek are pianistically impressive, yet he glides... —
