Louis Kentner plays Balakirev, Lyapunov & Liszt
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Label: APR
Cat No: APR6020
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 2nd September 2016
Contents
About
Almost all the recordings on this set date from the end of the 78rpm era and have been unjustly neglected as a result. Two major works of the late romantic Russian repertoire, the Balakirev Sonata and the Lyapunov Transcendental Studies, here received their premiere recordings, and to many listeners, they have yet to be surpassed. Kentner had an invincible Lisztian technique; there was no one better to tackle Lyapunov’s homage to Liszt’s own ‘Transcendentals’. He was also able to take complete command of that other virtuoso warhorse – Islamey.
Of particular interest is Kentner’s only recording of the Liszt Sonata, and a magnificent one it turns out to be. Issued on 78s in 1951 when most other labels had switched to LP, this recording had a very short life and has never previously been reissued. It is a major addition to the available discography of Liszt sonatas and to Kentner’s legacy.
Contents:
CD 1 (70.41)
1-4. Balakirev - Piano Sonata in B flat minor (24.08) recorded on 2 June 1949
5. Balakirev - Ręverie (4.50) recorded on 15 June 1944
6. Balakirev - Mazurka no.6 in A flat major (4.39) recorded on 14 April 1944
7. Balakirev - Islamey (Fantaisie orientale) (9.05) recorded on 14 June 1944
8. Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 (27.57) recorded on 28 May & 4 June 1948
CD 2 (72.19)
Lyapunov - 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, op.11
1. Etude no.1: Berceuse (Andantino) (first recording) (4.27) recorded on 7 March 1939
2-13. Etudes 1–12 (complete recording) (67.52) recorded on 13–15, 20 & 29 December 1949
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