Liszt - Tannhauser Overture, Ballade no.2, Consolations, etc. | MDG (Dabringhaus und Grimm) MDG9042180

Liszt - Tannhauser Overture, Ballade no.2, Consolations, etc.

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Label: MDG (Dabringhaus und Grimm)

Cat No: MDG9042180

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 31st July 2020

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Pianist Julia Hermanski presents in an exciting debut for MDG with this recording on SACD of Liszt’s piano works. Featuring the Tannhäuser Overture, O du mein holder Abendstern, the Consolations (Six pensées poétiques) and the Ballade no.2, she is able to show Liszt’s transformation as a composer.

From disappointed love and pious wishes, abysmal grief and redeeming hope – all are present in this cycle. Liszt was also great at inventing his own stories, such as the Ballade in B minor, which retells the ancient legend of Hero and Leander. The story of the two royal children, separated by the deep waters of the Hellespont, is dramatically condensed until the tragic finale – a roaring feast of sound for Julia Hermanski, who is able to elicit grandiose sound effects from the Steinway concert grand “Manfred Bürki” from 1901.

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