Franz Liszt: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1
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Composer: Franz LisztPerformer: Arnaldo Cohen
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-06-10
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- Danse Macabre, Op. 40: Danse Macabre, S555 - R240
- Nuages gris (Trube Wolken), S199 - R78
- Unstern: sinistre, disastro, S208 - R80
- Reminiscences des Huguenots, Grande fantaisie dramatique sur des themes de l' opera Les Huguenots de Meyerbeer (2nd and final version), S412 - R221
- La lugubre gondola I, S200: 1 - R81: 1
- La lugubre gondola II, S200: 2 - R81: 2
- Impromptu ('Nocture'), S191 - R59
- Totentanz, 'Danse Macabre', S525 - R188
Music reviews of Franz Liszt: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1
Music Review: Planned spontaneity
Rating: 5 Stars
People who shy away from ''classical'' - or ''serious'', as some would put it - music for its supposedly greater depth and sounder intellectual basis should make acquaintance with one of the funniest, wierdest and most imaginative composers of all time, the Hungarian virtuoso Franz Liszt. Totentanz is the closest thing to Iron Maiden and Andrew Lloyd Weber that we have in classical music. It always reminds me of "Fear of the Dark" and "Jesus Christ Superstar". It's so trivial, gratuitous, frenzied, shallow, pointless, ugly, flamboyant, showy and outright over-the-top that it borders on ridicule. One gets embarassed upon hearing it. Some of the music in this disc is so unashamedly bad and shallow that it becomes utterly funny and hugely entertaining. Arnaldo Cohen has succeeded more spectacularly than anyone before him in conveying the sheer excitement and the very well planned spontaneity of these pieces. His fiery playing and absolute command of dynamics and colour are breathtaking. He's undoubtedly one of the most intense and impressive pianists to have ever played this music (by the way, he's a great Schumann interpreter too). Other highlights of this recording are the irresistible and haunting ''Unstern: sinistre, disastro'' and the chilling ''Danse Macabre''. Nuage gris is an interesting attempt at atonality and the Impromptu is beautifully and masterly played. After all is said and done, it's a wonderful and exciting recording (provided you don't take some of these pieces too seriously). I've constantly found myself getting back to it lately. I dare to say it's a must-have.
Description of Franz Liszt: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1
The sound could be better, but Arnaldo Cohen's whirlwind technique and rapier temperament is tailor-made for the demanding transcriptions presented here. By contrast, the Brazilian pianist imbues the cryptic late Liszt works with tenderness and mystery. A disc no Liszt maven should pass up, especially at Naxos's bargain price. --Jed DistlerGeneral CDs
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