Vasily Petrenko conducts Liszt Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2/Totentanz
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Piano Concerto No. 1
Allegro Maestoso
Quasi Adagio
Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
Allegro marziale animato
Piano Concerto No. 2
Adagio sostenuto assai - Allegro agitato assai
Allegro moderato
Allegro deciso - Marziale un poco meno allegro
Allegro animato
Totentanz
Eldar Nebolsin piano
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Liszt's two piano concertos amply display both his extraordinary pianistic ability and his originality as an influential Romantic composer.
The first, premiered in Weimar in 1855 with Berlioz conducting, is a path-breaking tour de force whose four movements, played without break and thematically linked, moved Bartok to acclaim it as "the first perfect realisation of cyclic sonata form".
The second, equally brilliant but more integrated, exemplifies Liszt's belief that "New wine demands new bottles".
The Totentanz (Dance of Death), perhaps inspired by an Italian fresco, is a powerful series of variations on the Medieval Dies irae chant.
"Nebolsin dutifully delivers the fistfuls of notes with fearsome virtuosity and Petrenko gets some powerful results from the RLPO"
musicalcriticism.com - read the full review
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The Telegraph Review
'...all three pieces come up like new in performances that match sinew with sensitivity and, in the Totentanz, a rare diabolical intensity. Nebolsin, the RLPO and Petrenko mean business, harnessing the music's energy and propulsion, while also revealing its full range of orchestral and pianistic colours and establishing a fine blend of exciting drama and soft, mellow lyricism.'
