Franz Liszt: Transkriptionen nach Paganini & Schubert on CD

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Marc-André Hamelin returns to Liszt with this imperious recording, containing works based on music by two composers who were a great influence on the young composer / pianist: the Paganini Etudes and three Schubert Marches.

Paganini was the foremost virtuoso of his day, on any instrument, and having heard him in Paris in 1832 Liszt was determined to replicate his showmanship and mastery on the piano. His Etudes, based on Paganini's infamous Caprices (the nearest the violinist came to notating in full the extraordinary acrobatics he often improvised on stage), are the culmination of this early creative spark. Marc-André Hamelin plays the final 1851 version.

Liszt was devoted to Schubert, and transcribed many of his songs for piano, as well as marches and other works; the three marches on this disc are based on various rarely heard Schubert marches for piano duet. Marc-André Hamelin's virtuosity is both nonchalant and dazzling, and he brings wit and sparkle to the Paganini Etudes, and great power and architechtural control to the Schubert Marches. A must for piano lovers everywhere.

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»A brilliantly successful recital« (BBC Music Magazine)

»Marc-André Hamelin's technical mastery is legendary … All in all a remarkable disc and certainly not to be missed« (International Piano)

»More unbelievable pianism from Hamelin« (Classic FM Magazine)

»Dexterity here to make ears flap; but then, we are used to this from Hamelin« (Gramophone)

Rezensionen

A.​ Csampai in stereoplay 4/03: »Nach seinem jahrelangen Feldzug für die vergessenen Spätromantiker ist Hamelin jetzt bei einem der Urväter der Virtuosität und überhaupt einem der wichtigsten Köpfe der romantischen Klaviermusik abgekommen, bei Franz Liszt.​ Dessen bahnbrechende Klavieradaption von ausgewählten Violoncapricen Paganinis präsentiert er wieder mit unnachahmlicher Bravour und wieder so locker, souverän und so sinnfällig logisch, dass man die halsbrecherische Technik kaum wahrnimmt und sich lieber an der subtilen Ironie und den vielen kleinen intelligenten Spitzfindigkeiten dieses Ausnahmepianisten erfreut.​«