Liszt: Totentanz, S. 525 & Other Piano Works - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition |
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Presentation
The parallel between Franz Liszt (1811-1886) and Modeste Mussorgsky (1839-1881) represented by the present programme might only seem like a deliberate choice, justified solely by the virtuosity displayed in the piano works by each composer. However, looking more closely, it becomes clear that, beyond the journey of Mazeppa, which inspired one of Liszt’s most famous symphonic poems, both musicians share this Slavic tropism for dramatic lyricism, an inscription in the Romanticism of the national schools of which both are important representatives.
From Franz Liszt to Modest Mussorgsky, virtuosity and the renewal of piano writing are the vectors of a song of the soul, from its earthly ties to its transcendental aspirations, and it is precisely to this voyage that Yuki Kondo invites us with the present programme.
Lionel Pons
From Franz Liszt to Modest Mussorgsky, virtuosity and the renewal of piano writing are the vectors of a song of the soul, from its earthly ties to its transcendental aspirations, and it is precisely to this voyage that Yuki Kondo invites us with the present programme.
Lionel Pons
Track list
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Franz Liszt | “La Campanella” in G-Sharp Minor, S. 141 No. 3 | |
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Franz Liszt | Totentanz, S. 525 | |
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Franz Liszt | Spanish Rhapsody, S. 254 | |
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Franz Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, S. 244 No. 12 | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Promenade | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: II. “The Gnome” | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Promenade | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. “The old castle” | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Promenade | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. “Tuileries” | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. “Cattle” | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. Promenade | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. “The Ballet of Unhatched Chicks in their Shells” | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: X. “Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle” | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: XI. Promenade | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: XII. “The market at Limoges” | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: XIII. “Catacombes” | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: XIV. “Con mortuis in lingua mortua” | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: XV. “The Hut on Fowl’s Legs” | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition: XVI. “The Great Gate of Kiev” |